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RESOLUTION NO. 11 SERIES 2000 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT FUNDING FOR PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENTS TO ARAPAHOE ROAD IN BOULDER COUNTY (HIGHWAY 7, BETWEEN CHERRYVALE AND U.S. 287) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE RTTF BE RESTORED IN THE 2000 TO 2006 TIP WHEREAS, Arapahoe Road (Colorado Highway 7 between Cherryvale and U.S. 287) is a major regional transportation corridor in Boulder County; and WHEREAS, Arapahoe Road was part of a major regional transportation study and planning process sponsored by the Boulder County Consortium of Cities in which both the Colorado Department of Transportation Department (CDOT) and the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) participated in a task force made up of broad representation including cities and towns, businesses, civic and environmental organizations in Boulder County; and WHEREAS, In that Regional Transportation Task Force (RTTF) planning process, Arapahoe Road was identified as a corridor which would experience increasing congestion problems with a poor level of service if improvements were not accomplished; and WHEREAS, The RTTF reached a solid consensus regarding a highly preferred and cost/effective alternative for improvements to Arapahoe Road between Cherryvale and U.S. 287 which would involve intersection improvements, including addition of turning lanes at all major intersections; addition of six foot shoulders for bicycling and bus turnoff areas; and bus transit improvements to allow for 10 minute headways during peak rush hour periods in the morning and afternoon; and WHEREAS, The RTTF engineering study showed this approach strongly, favored by the RTTF, offers an excellent congestion relief alternative for many years into the future, replacing the need for more costly four-laning of the corridor; and WHEREAS, Arapahoe Road between Cherryvale and U.S. 287 has been listed on the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) as the second priority in Boulder County for funding; and WHEREAS, Regardless of its high priority and consensus reached in Boulder County on a plan of improvements; all proposed funding was removed from the Arapahoe Road line item in the TIP by CDOT Engineering District 4, without consultation with any of the jurisdictions impacted by Arapahoe Road in Boulder County;