HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.004-82 RESOLUTION ~4
(Series of 198~)
WHERF~S, the ~)rps of Engineers is circulating a Draft Supplemental Environ-
mental Impact Statem~=~nt for review and c~'~nt and is making a determination of
the Public Interest accruing on t~he Glen~ood Canyon 1-70 Project, and
WHEREAS, the Glenwood Canyon 1-70 Project is enormously expensive and will
disrupt traffic through Western Colorado for many years, and
WHEREAS, the public will receive less than 25¢ in benefits for each dollar it
spe~s on the Glenwood Canyon highway, and
WHE~F~AS, roads throughout the state ere deteriorating in an accelerating
manner, due in large part to insufficient funds to properly maintain them, and
~AS, the State has the policy making authority to transfer funds frc~ any
budget category, including interstate construction, to highway maintenance, and
WHEREAS, Congress has the authority to end the interstate construction pro-
gram theretyZ ~J~ng available ever $3 Billion per year for other Federal prcgr~,
including highway maintenance and other highway construction programs.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Aspen City Council that:
1. The City of Aspen opposes the currently proposed design of the Glenv~od
Canyon Highway and urges the Highway Co~mission and the Highway Depart-
ment te transfer funds budgeted for that highway to more worthwhile pro-
gr~ns, and
2. The City of Aspen urges the United States Corps. of Engineers to make .
a finding of no public interest in c~npleting the Glenwood Canyon highway
as proposed in the DSEIS and to thereby refuse the request for a Section
404 Fill Permit.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
H~rman Edel, Mayor