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The 42 Gateway DRAFT:Project Report Summary <br /> FUNDING Agency coordination meetings were a <br /> fundamental part of this project, as so many <br /> Funding for the study design elements depend on a number of other <br /> portion of the project was r r - design decisions (most of which intersect <br /> provided by Colorado several stakeholders). The agencies involved <br /> Department of (City of Louisville, RTD, CDOT, Boulder County, <br /> Transportation (CDOT), BNSF) necessitated a process of small <br /> Funding Advancement for incremental steps forward. Each coordination <br /> Surface Transportation & • meeting enabled the process to move forward <br /> Economic Recovery by having key decision makers present to <br /> (FASTER) Funds, RTD, Federal Congestion approve (or at least sign off on) design <br /> Mitigation Air Quality Grant (CMAQ), Boulder decisions, so that the team could draft concepts <br /> County Transportation Funds, and the City of and move forward. <br /> Louisville. <br /> This process also gave the project a high level of <br /> TIMELINE transparency, understanding, and provided <br /> many opportunities for stakeholders and <br /> The Hwy 42 corridor portion of the project will citizens to help design the alternatives and <br /> be completed within an 18-month timeline and ultimately leads to swift approvals. <br /> the pedestrian/bike railroad crossing had a 12- <br /> month window, both of which started early STUDY AREA <br /> November 2011. <br /> The study area for the project included all land <br /> PROCESS within a quarter mile of the proposed <br /> RTD/Louisville station platform, as well as all <br /> The consultant design team facilitated the the area within 300 feet of Hwy 42 right-of-way <br /> process, helped negotiate the technical hurdles, between Lock Street and Paschal Drive. <br /> and coordinated the various state and federal <br /> agencies involved. The City and citizens <br /> provided direction and fundamental design <br /> goals. <br /> This project included a number of very limiting <br /> technical issues, from the width of Hwy 42 <br /> right-of-way to the vertical clearance <br /> requirements of crossing the railroad with an <br /> over/under pass. These physical realities <br /> constrained the options that were considered. <br /> The process reflected this by slowing down <br /> after the initial public kickoff meeting to gather <br /> data (traffic counts, physical surveys, right-of- <br /> way boundaries...) and prepare base mapping <br /> (and traffic simulations) that facilitated the <br /> development of"build-able" alternatives at the <br /> public, stakeholder, and agency coordination <br /> meetings. <br /> December 2012 http://www.the42gateway.com/ 2 <br />