HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.040-03 RESOLUTION NO.
(Series of 2003)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
ENDORSING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MAROON CREEK BRIDGE
AND APPROACHES, AND REQUESTING THAT THE COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CDOT) EXPEDITE FUNDING FOR THIS
PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the historic Maroon Creek Bridge was built in 1888 as a railroad
trestle, before being converted to automobile use in 1929; and
WHEREAS, the Maroon Creek Bridge is the oldest bridge still in use on
Colorado's State Highway system; and
WHEREAS, the new Maroon Creek Bridge should be built in conjunction with
the restoration of the 115-year-old Maroon Creek Bridge taking into account the public's
best interest; and
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen and Pitkin County have worked cooperatively with
CDOT to complete Maroon Creek Road and Tmscott Drive intersection improvements;
and
WHEREAS, construction of the new Maroon Creek Bridge and its approaches is
needed in order to provide a safer alternative for the traveling public; and
WHEREAS, construction of the new Maroon Creek Bridge is not inconsistent with
the results of the City of Aspen and Pitkin County votes in November 2002 in which the
voters expressed their preference for the Entrance to Aspen remaining on the current
alignment between the Maroon Creek roundabout and 7~ and Main Streets; and
WHEREAS, the new Maroon Creek Bridge should be designed in conjunction
with the City of Aspen's studies of changes to the exist'rog alignment between the Maroon
Creek roundabout and 7t~ and Main Streets; and
WHEREAS, the voters of the City of Aspen would need to approve a right-of-way
easement to authorize CDOT to proceed with construction, operation and maintenance of
a bridge with two lanes for general traffic and two exclusive bus lanes.
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.
2. The City Council respectfully requests that CDOT expedite funding so that
construction of this project can proceed at the earliest possible date.
INTRODUCED, REfi~ A~N.D~4k'lpOPTED by the City Council of the City of Aspen on
the c~ day or _(~6fft~ ,2003.
' H~l~fi/~I~derud, 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.~$ch, City Clerk