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Residents at Franktown meeting say a new guardrail was removed and ask for Highway 86 report
Summary
At a community meeting at Franktown Elementary, residents said a newly installed guardrail was removed within weeks and asked whether Highway 86 will be widened and when the public will get a report; meeting host said the project is on the county’s books and offered follow-up.
Speaker 1, the meeting host, opened a community session at Franktown Elementary and invited questions from residents.
Residents raised immediate safety and communication concerns. Speaker 2 said, “We had a brand new guardrail that was put up, and it was there for less than 4 weeks, and then was taken down,” asserting that recently installed infrastructure was removed quickly. Speaker 3 asked about broader work on the corridor: “Is there a plan for widening Highway 86? Are we going to get a report on this to the public? That's been a real concern of ours,” and added that the process “seems like we're reinventing the wheel.”
Speaker 1 responded that the Highway 86 widening is “a project that's on our books,” acknowledged the concerns, and offered to meet with residents and provide contact information for follow-up. Speaker 1 also spoke on behalf of the Colorado Coalition of Law and Order to thank attendees for supporting law enforcement and invited further conversation and outreach.
There were no formal motions, votes, or staffing commitments recorded in the transcript. The primary outcomes were public questions and an offer by the meeting host to follow up outside the meeting.
Next steps: residents asked for a public report on Highway 86; the meeting host indicated the project exists in county planning and offered to provide follow-up, but no timeline or specific reporting dates were provided in the meeting transcript.
