HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.apz.002-88 RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PASSENGER
RAIL SERVICE TO THE ROARING FORK VATW~Y
Resolution No. 88- ~
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen has historically supported the
concept of passenger rail service into Aspen and the Roaring Fork
Valley; and
WHEREAS, that support has been expressed in the form of
acquisition of the Denver and Rio Grande right-of-way and
terminal site in the City of Aspen; and
WR-EREAS, that support has further been expressed in the form
of studies of light-rail as an alternative public transport
method in the Upper Valley; and
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen supports the development of
passenger rail service to the Valley as an essential element in
the mix of available transportation choices to the destination
resorts of Aspen and Snowmass; and
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen believes that passenger rail
service to the Roaring Fork Valley is an essential element in
reducing automobile congestion and traffic hazards on State
Highway 82; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Pitkin County demonstrated their
overwhelming support for passenger rail service in a 1985
referendum endorsing the concept of passenger rail service to be
provided by the Roaring Fork Railroad, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission urges the
Denver and Rio Grande to work with potential passenger rail
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service providers in an effort to bring passenger rail service to
the Roaring Fork Valley.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Aspen Planning and
Zoning Commission that it supports passenger rail service to the
Roaring Fork Valley and the City of Aspen.
APPROVED by the Commission at its regular meeting on
February 9, 1988.
ASPEN PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION
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