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2002-23
A RESOLUTION
SUPPORTING THE WADSWORTH BYPASS/BURLINGTON NORTHERN GRADE SEPARATION
WHEREAS, State Highway 121 is identified on the National Highway system; and,
WHEREAS, State Highway 121, the Wadsworth Bypass, is the single continuous north-south link in Jefferson County, serving 58,000 vehicles per day currently and a projected 68,000 vehicles daily by the year 2020 at the Burlington Northern Rail (BNSF) crossing; and,
WHEREAS, its intersection with the (BNSF) line near Grandview Avenue presents a major impediment to traffic flow and a hazard to automobile and pedestrian traffic; and,
WHEREAS, trains cross the Wadsworth bypass an average of 7 times per day, creating traffic stoppages lasting anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes each time, degrading regional air quality and needlessly consuming fossil fuels; and,
WHEREAS, these train crossings can and do impede vital emergency services, disrupt the delivery of commercial goods and services, and disrupt traffic throughout the region; and,
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation has completed a study identifying an engineering solution to the aforementioned circumstances; and,
WHEREAS, the Northwest Quadrant Study has identified this project as one of the highest priority road improvement in Jefferson County,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY The City Council of the City of Lakewood, Colorado that:
The City of Lakewood supports the construction of the Wadsworth Bypass/BNSF Grade Separation; and
The Lakewood City Council supports and encourages CDOT to seek Federal funding for the design, environmental review and construction of this project.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by a vote of 11 for and 0 against at a regular meeting of the City Council on April 8, 2002 at 7 o'clock p.m. at Lakewood Civic Center South, 480 South Allison Parkway, Lakewood, Colorado.
Stephen A. Burkholder, Mayor
ATTEST:
Margy Greer, City Clerk
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