HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.118-02 RESOLUTION NO. tl ~ ~~~2~
(Series of 2002)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ASPEN, COLORADO
ENDORSING THE NEW MAROON CREEK BRIDGE AND ITS APPROACHES AS
DESCRIBED IN THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE IN THE RECORD OF
DECISION FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY 82 ENTRANCE TO ASPEN PROJECT,
AND REQUESTING THAT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION (CDOT) EXPEDITE FUNDING FOR THIS COMPONENT OF
THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.
WHEREAS, a Record of Decision was issued on August 3, 1998 approving a
combination of highway improvements, a transit system and a transportation
management program as the Preferred Alternative for the Entrance to Aspen
Transportation Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, the historic Maroon Creek Bridge was built in 1888 as a railroad
trestle, before being converted to automobile use in I929; and
WHEREAS, the Maroon Creek Bridge is the oldest bridge still in use on
Colorado's State Highway system; and
WHEREAS, the Maroon Creek Bridge is functionally obsolete and structurally
deficient for highway purposes, currently rating 41 out of 100 points on the CDOT
sufficiency rating scale; and
WHEREAS, the Record of Decision includes restoration of the 115-year-old
Maroon Creek Bridge to its original width and building a new, safe, low-maintenance
bridge designed for highway use to replace it; and
WHEREAS, State Highway 82 at the Entrance to Aspen is the most congested
two-lane highway in the State; and
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen and Pitkin County have been worl~ing
cooperatively with CDOT in completing Maroon Creek Road and Truscott Drive
intersection improvements as initial phases of the Entrance to Aspen project; and
WHEREAS, construction of the new Maroon Creek Bridge and its approaches is
the most urgently-needed component of the Entrance to Aspen project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ASPEN, COLORADO, THAT:
1. The 'City Council hereby reaffirms its support for the construction of the new
Maroon Creek Bridge and its approaches between Buttermilk and the Maroon
Creek/SH82 Roundabout as described in the Preferred Alternative for the
Entrance to Akpen Project.
2. The City Council respectfully requests that CDOT expedite funding for these
components of the Preferred Alternative, so that construction of this segment
of the Entrance to Aspen project can proceed at the earliest possible date.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Aspen on
the . day or ,2002.
Helen Kalin Klanderud, Mayor
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing
is a true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of
Aspen, Colorado, at a meeting held on the day hereinabove stated.
Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk