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Clear Creek County prepares a forceful response to CDOT's Region 1 10-year plan, flagging delayed wildlife crossing and safety gaps
Summary
Commissioners reviewed CDOT's Region 1 10-year plan and instructed staff to submit written comments pressing for mitigation projects (Empire wildlife crossing), clearer Project Leadership Team (PLT) involvement under the Context Sensitive Solutions process, and fuller funding for the Bakersfield climbing lane to address public-safety and emergency response concerns.
Clear Creek County commissioners spent the bulk of their meeting in a work session reviewing Colorado Department of Transportation's Region 1 10-year plan and agreed to send a strongly worded set of written comments asking CDOT to prioritize mitigation projects that reduce crash rates and protect county residents.
County staff and commissioners identified three plan elements that touch the county: the Idaho Springs sound wall, the Empire wildlife crossing and the Bakersfield climbing lane. Commissioners praised progress on the Idaho Springs sound wall, which staff said has a completed design and a community-selected option, but criticized the plan for pushing the Empire wildlife crossing well into the latter decade and for listing only a fraction of the funding CDOT estimates it will need for Bakersfield.
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