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City of Boulder OSMP 2015 Requests <br />Lead <br />Status <br />1 <br />Heil Ranch Connector Trail. This is a critical and highly desired multi -use <br />trail connection. A multi -use trail that will connect City of Boulder Open <br />Space and Mountain Parks' trail system to Boulder County Parks and <br />Open Space Heil Ranch trail system will necessitate acquiring the rights <br />to cross private property and/or use public roads. It is possible that this <br />connector trail would be consistent with a future alignment of the Rocky <br />Mountain Greenway, a trail that will connect Rocky Mountain Arsenal <br />National Wildlife Refuge, with the refuges at Two Ponds, Rocky Flats and <br />Rocky Mountain National park. <br />Status From OSMP: An interim trail has been constructed between US36 <br />and Olde Stage Road on the OSMP Joder Property. An interim trailhead <br />with parking for bikes, cars, horse trailers and buses was constructed <br />near US36 at the Joder property entrance. Boulder County's cooperation <br />and support were critical for design and planning of the trail/roadway <br />connections at both ends of the trail, as well as the design and siting of <br />the interim parking area. Thank you! <br />POS <br />The Heil Valley Ranch 2 Small Area Plan was completed and <br />adopted by the BOCC in spring of 2016. This plan provides a <br />trail connection from Lefthand Canyon Drive to the main <br />trailhead at Heil Valley Ranch. Construction has started on this <br />connection. A ditch crossing and bridge will be needed and <br />anticipate late 2017 or 2018 completion. BCPOS will continue <br />to work with the City of Boulder on furthering a connection <br />from Joder Ranch to Heil Valley Ranch as the NTSA and BVCP <br />envision. <br />2 <br />Extension of Boulder Creek Path to Chapman Drive. This is another <br />critical and highly desired multi -use trail connection. Recently OSMP <br />opened a multi -use trail using Chapman Drive. Chapman Drive connects <br />Boulder Canyon with Flagstaff Drive, giving trail users another reason to <br />travel west from Boulder up Boulder Canyon. The extension of the <br />Boulder Creek Path to the Chapman Trailhead could also provide <br />connections to Boulder County Parks and Open Space Betasso Preserve <br />trail system. OSMP and the County have jointly commissioned a <br />preliminary feasibility study for this extension. The conceptual design <br />uses highway right-of-way. Preliminary cost estimates range up to <br />$5.5M. The County has recently been awarded a RAMP grant in the <br />amount of about $4.4M to design and build this trail extension. <br />Construction is planned for 2016. <br />TR <br />Boulder County Transportation and the Colorado Division of <br />Transportation are working in partnership with the City of <br />Boulder OSMP to extend the Boulder Canyon Trail west to <br />Chapman Drive, and further west to the Betasso connector. <br />Also under study is a spur along Fourmile Canyon that may <br />provide a new connection to Betasso Preserve. <br />http://www.bouldercounty.org/roads/construction/pages/bou <br />Idercreekpathextensionprolect.aspx <br />31 <br />