Note: This website was first created in early 2011. Some of the information may be dated or may have changed since that time but it serves as a record of the process that has led to this point in the negotiations. |
The Beltway Proposal None of Us Want
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- The interchange at US 6, SH 58 and SH 93 and turns out to be very accurate with the road shown in the TEPS report
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- The preferred plan that CDOT published in the 2008 TEPS report with the exception that there is no interchange at Iowa, and CDOT took the big highway over Iowa not under
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- The Iowa and Golden Gate Canyon intersections
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- The big highway looking south at the Golden Gate Canyon interchange
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- US 6 and 19th
All of us in Golden are united against this proposed beltway through Golden which has varied over the years, from a large toll facility to a major freeway. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) currently has what it calls a “Recommended Alternative” for a proposed highway through Golden, which was the result of the Northwest Corridor Transportation and Environmental Planning Study published in July of 2008. This is the current document of record regarding what highway improvement plan CDOT believes should be built. The photo simulations, completed prior to the publishing of the report, are depictions of what the recommended alternative would look like in Golden, with minor exceptions noted. Golden is very much opposed to this alternative and the question before City Council is how best to take this plan “off the books.”
Golden has also established a coalition with Boulder, Boulder County and Superior to promote targeted improvements to Highway 93 all the way between Golden and Boulder, including improving transit, completing the Front Range Trail bicycle path, and safety and congestion improvements.
