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West Arvada residents urge moratorium on development, cite traffic and wildfire evacuation risks
Summary
Residents in West Arvada asked the council to pause new approvals until coordinated traffic and wildfire-evacuation planning is completed, citing an independent traffic analysis and the community wildfire protection plan; council heard multiple requests for intergovernmental coordination with CDOT and Jefferson County.
During the meeting’s second public-comment period, several West Arvada residents urged the council to slow or pause new development approvals until the city, Jefferson County and CDOT coordinate on traffic and evacuation planning.
Lynn Clemens, president of the Westwood Villas HOA, presented a traffic analysis and said developer trip estimates for a proposed warehouse project appeared to be two to three times too low for nearby intersections. “I’m suggesting that Arvada and GEFCO put a moratorium on approving new developments until a plan can be formulated by all 3 government entities,” Clemens said, asking the…
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