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Roaring Fork Safe Passages asks Pitkin County for $350,000 to design near‑term wildlife crossing work
Summary
Roaring Fork Safe Passages presented its Highway 82 (Aspen Airport to Aspen Village) mitigation plan to the Pitkin County Board of Commissioners and the Open Space & Trails Board and requested $350,000 to complete near‑term design work and a structural feasibility study for proposed wildlife crossings and connected fencing.
Roaring Fork Safe Passages on Sept. 9 asked Pitkin County elected officials to help fund design and feasibility work for wildlife crossing projects on Highway 82 between the Aspen Airport and Aspen Village.
The nonprofit presented results from a watershed‑scale prioritization and a follow‑up feasibility screening that identified six candidate crossing locations and recommended a three‑phase mitigation plan. The group asked the county to contribute $350,000 next year to complete engineering design for near‑term improvements and to pay for a $275,000 structural alternatives and feasibility study for Phase 1 crossing structures, which the presenters said would enable a later construction fundraising campaign.
The presenters emphasized that wildlife vehicle collisions are concentrated in the priority segment, and that elk account…
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