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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
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COLORADO
March 29, 1999
Ms. Alyce M. Tanski. President
Mulligan Lake Estates Homeowners' Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 641
Mead, Colorado 80542
Re: Request for improvements to the intersection of WCR 7 and State Highway 66
Dear Ms. Tanski:
Your letter dated March 5, 1999, addressed to the Weld County Department of Planning regarding
the referenced issue has been referred to the Public Works Department for reply.
Because this intersection is on a state highway, it falls under the purview of the Colorado
Department of Transportation (CDOT). 1 am forwarding a copy of your letter to CDOT for their
review.
There is one other opportunity for upgrading this intersection. It is located in an area encompassed
by the Upper Front Range (UFR) Regional Transportation Plan. The UFR is composed of Weld,
Larimer, and Morgan Counties excluding the areas generally bounded by Foil Collins, Greeley, and
Loveland.
Regional transportation plans include projects on state-managed roadways, which are selected
through a public participation process and forwarded to CDOT. This plan is currently under review.
I have already included this project as a candidate on the new regional plan, which is currently being
updated.
All regional transportation plans are fiscally constrained, and there are always many more projects
than funding available. The UFR is currently in the process of evaluating and ranking all proposed
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Ms. Alyce M. Tanski, President
March 29, 1999
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projects to determine which should be included in the fiscally constrained transportation plan. The
selection process is accomplished by representatives from each of the counties and CDOT. This
process will continue over the next month to six weeks.
It is, of course, premature to speculate on the ranking of this proposal. It was a Weld County
candidate in the last regional transportation plan and was not successful.
I appreciate your input. We will continue to promote this project whenever possible.
Very truly yours,
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Frank B. Hempen, Jr.
Director of Public Works/County Engineer
pc: Stan Elmquist, CDOT
Keith Goshia, Mayor, Town of Mead
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MULLIGAN LAKE ESTATES
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P. O. Box 641
Mead, CO 80542 CLE :(
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March 30, 1999
Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer
P. O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
On behalf of the 150 residents and property owners of Mulligan Lake Estates, located in
the Town of Mead, Weld County, Colorado, the Executive Board of the Mulligan Lake
Estates Homeowners' Association is voicing concern over the dangerous intersection at
State Highway 66 and Weld County Road 7.
There is no traffic light nor are there left turn lanes to handle the ever increasing traffic at
this intersection. Traffic on SR 66 has at least tripled in the past few years and will only
increase in the future as this area's population continues to rapidly grow. This
intersection is particularly dangerous due to its proximity to I-25, the fact that it is
located at the crest of a hill, and the fog conditions that often exist in this area.
One of our residents has already been killed at another dangerous intersection on SR 66 at
County Line 1 Road. He was killed the day before the construction of left turn lanes at
this intersection was begun. We would like to see the SR66-Weld County Road 7
intersection improved before more such tragedies occur.
Sincerely,
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Mulligan Lake Estates Homeowners' Association, Inc.
Alyce M. Tanski, President
4/5/99 Per Commissioner Kirkmeyer - no response needed. This is a proposed
project for a CDOT - UFR committee.
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