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Louisville City Council Meeting January 18, 2005 Page 7 of 11 Suzanne H. Smith, 902 Grove Drive, Louisville, CO stated she is very familiar with roundabouts. She recommended the speed limit not be raised on Via Appia. She did not favor traffic signal lights. Steve Costello, 902 Grove Drive, Louisville, CO stated that Via Appia must be addressed as a corridor. He requested that Council look at Via Appia and McCaslin Boulevard and focus on both roadways, in a comprehensive fashion, instead of one intersection at a time. Peggy Morgan, 644 W. Pine Street, Louisville, CO voiced her concern for children crossing at the intersection of Pine and Via Appia. She stated a traffic light at that intersection would only create more accidents. She favored the roundabout concept. Paul Leuthaeuser, 671 W. Pine Street, Louisville, CO asked that the crossing at Washington and McCaslin be addressed. He stated the natural place for a traffic light would be at Via Appia and Tyler. He voiced his concern that a roundabout might draw more traffic. COUNCIL COMMENTS Council member Marsella asked Mr. W oolfall to explain how he calculated the costs for the various roundabouts outlined in his presentation. W oolfall explained the bid item cost for the Town of Superior project was approximately $420,000. He stated his intention was to be very conservative because of unknown costs. He stated the Superior roundabout was bid in early 2004, and he added a 10% escalation for today's cost of materials. He explained he used the CDOT planning tool for his roundabout projections. He compared the cost of the following Colorado roundabouts: . West Vail two-roundabout $5.5 Million . Avon five-roundabouts $6.0 Million (built in 1997) . Brighton two-roundabouts $3.0 Million . Bergen Park one-roundabout $100,000 (re-graded asphalt) . Breckenridge one-roundabout $3.0 Million Council member Brown addressed the traffic studies and the public input. He voiced his belief that roundabouts would be the best course of action. He suggested the issue be put back on the community, for funding solutions. Council member Van Pelt voiced her appreciation of the presentations. She concurred with Council member Brown, but noted funding a roundabout would present a challenge. Mayor Sisk stated the City is not in the position to look at a million dollar project. He agreed that the roundabout concept is something the City should look at for future planning, however he suggested short-term solutions be investigated. 7