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EsTRGreat Western Trail Authority
Post Office Box 339
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Severance, CO 80546
gwtrail.com
Weld County Board of Commissioners
1150 O St.
Greeley, CO 80532
January 14, 2019
Commissioners:
RECEIVED
JAN 172019
WELD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
We would like to Inform you that the Great Western Trail Authority has received funding in an amount that we
feel is sufficient to complete 7 miles of the Great Western Trail from Severance to Eaton. This will be the final
segment of new trail and will complete the 11 -mile project between Windsor and Eaton. It is our intent to go
to bid this April, select a contractor in May, and complete construction by fall.
Since 6.5 miles of the 7 miles is in unincorporated Weld County, we would like to discuss topics that Weld
County will want to be involved in prior to and during construction. One of these topics will be how to design
the trail crossings at 6 county roads. Here we'll need a cooperative effort to insure the safety of trail users.
Trail operation and maintenance within the county after construction is also something we'd like to discuss.
Noxious weed control, law enforcement and road crossings are ongoing issues we hope to coordinate with
Weld County.
Since Weld County currently helps fund the maintenance of the Poudre Trail, we again would like to discuss
the possibility of your financial support for the Great Western Trail.
We would also like to meet new Commissioner Scott James to acquaint him with our project.
Please let me know if it would be possible for us to get on one of your work session agendas sometime after
January 20th.
Thank you.
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Tom ones,
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Great Western "rail Authority
Ph: 970-686-7325
Email info@gwtrail.com
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