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Public Comments
Your opinion matters to us. That’s why the North I-25 EIS
project team has continued active public involvement to acquire
public comments during small group meetings, public outreach events
and public meetings in the study area.
Below is a summary of what many Northern Coloradoans have to
say about the North I-25 EIS. Submit your own comments or questions on the contact form.
Public meeting comment trends:
- People are interested in convenient and direct travel to DIA.
- Many in Ft. Collins and Loveland agree that commuter rail
is best along US 287/BNSF line. Greeley residents also agree
but want a spur to Greeley.
- Many people requested that we consider the impact of the raising
cost of gas on travel and rail projections.
- Greeley residents are interested in and concerned about improvements
to US 85.
- Safety (of both people and nature) is important.
- There is concern about increased noise that will result from
widening I-25 highway and implementing rail service.
- Bus service that connects neighboring communities to each
other and to rail service is important. Comments support buses
that run frequently to train stations.
- Many voiced concern about the Front Range Toll Road and its
ability to pull traffic off I-25.
Trends/ repeated comments from small groups, Web site, other
public outreach:
- Pro-rail comments indicated that the type of rail is not important
as long as rail service is part of solution.
- Building safe interchanges is important.
- Many comments supporting rail to DIA were received.
- Many express concerns about the development occurring along
I-25 and the impact it will have on the cost of acquiring ROW.
- East –west connections are important.
- Those interested in transit wonder how they will move around
Denver once there.
- Comments are received regularly about how highway improvements
will be funded. There is an interest in tolls although comments
continue to reflect that tolls should be reasonably priced.
- Residents in Longmont express that they do not want to have
to travel through Boulder to get to Denver.
- Public comments reflect that bus service has a bad stigma.
Transit Station Working Groups begin soon and public meetings
begin January 2006. Contact
us for more
information.
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