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RESOLUTION NO. 71 SERIES 1992 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AND ASSURING FUNDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO STATE mGHWAY 287 IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PLANS. WHEREAS, it has come to our attention that the Department of Transportation has proposed, in its Five Year Plan, to delay and decrease funding for State Highway 287; and WHEREAS, despite pledges and firm commitments in three preceding Five Year Plans that HWY 287 improvements would be completed on schedule; and WHEREAS, local governments, businesses and individual citizens have waited patiently for over 20 years while they helped move HWY 287 up on the Department's priority list; and WHEREAS, the need for the improvements is clear; and WHEREAS, during the past 10 years there have been 10 fatal accidents on this significantly congested Highway while over 1,500 accidents occurred on the segment from Broomfield to Longmont; and WHEREAS, volume on HWY 287 has also skyrocketed, with an average increase of 1 00 percent since 1970, and is projected to continue increasing; and WHEREAS, the area of the Lafayette Bypass has experienced an incredible 200 percent increase in volume; and WHEREAS, safety has always been our key concern when requesting improvements on HWY 287; and WHEREAS, we are also troubled by the issue of equity since historically, Boulder County has received less than four percent of CDOT transportation funding, while seven percent of Colorado's population resides here; and WHEREAS, we have enjoyed a strong and productive working relationship with CDOT which we want to continue in the years to come.