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The topic:
The plan
to pave the southern portion of Daniels Park Road this fall. (This
will take you to the Douglas County web page for a map and brief description
of this project.)
Currently
the road is paved for the first mile of US 85. This project will extend
the paving about 1 1/2 miles further north, ending before the hill south
of Castle Pines Parkway.
CPN residents
have a great interest in the future use of this road, and also need to
know that this project is also part of a larger plan to avoid having additional
construction traffic on Castle Pines Parkway.
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| Attend
the Field Review on July 10th... |
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When:
July 10th, 2001 starting at 4:00pm.
The
Field Review will be an opportunity for people to learn more
about this whole plan, with Darrell Roberts. Walk the paving route
and review engineering plans for the project.
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CPN
residents had a tremendous amount of "public input" when hundreds
of people turned out to oppose the plans to build the North Gate
to Castle Pines Village. Since then, your homeowner association
boards and many other individuals have been working with the Douglas
County Commissioners and county staff to craft an alternate plan.
The
Commissioners listened to our concerns and agreed that changes were
needed. They were able to take advantage of a plan that was already
in the works - to pave Daniels Park Road - to find a creative solution
that allows us to avoid having Castle Pines Village construction
traffic routed through our community.
Our
next challenge is to work with the County on how they will design
the road improvements, to accommodate all of the concerns that have
been expressed about this area. To be effective in this phase, we
need to maintain our reputation as a community that will recognize
reality and negotiate responsible solutions that the vast majority
of people can live with.
The
Field Review on July 10th at 4:00pm will be an opportunity for
people to learn more about this whole plan, and also to comment
on the design of the 1 ˝ mile stretch that will be paved this fall.
We also encourage CPN residents to attend and to show our community's
appreciation and support for the commissioner's original action
to approve the revised transportation plan.
County
officials have indicated that they will listen to "design ideas"
for the project, but they don't intend to "debate" whether Daniels
Park Road will be paved. The EPA is requiring it, it's been in the
County's transportation plan for a number of years, and funding
for the project was approved by county voters in 1995.
This
is a County decision, but we'd like to know what CPN residents think…
use the Poll on this page to give us your opinion!
If
you have additional thoughts or questions, or want to volunteer
to work with the county to contribute ideas to the design of this
initial phase, or the future phases, send an email to DanielsParkRoad@cpnhoa.org.
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The history:
CPN residents have adamantly opposed a proposal to have Castle Pines Village
construction traffic come through Castle Pines Parkway via a "North Gate"
to Forest Park Drive. We have been successful in negotiating an alternative.
The new plan includes sending construction traffic from Castle Pines Village
south to US 85 via Daniels Park Road.
Paving this
southern section of Daniels Park Road was already on the county's plans
and it has become essential to pave this section of the road this fall,
in order to be able to handle the construction traffic.
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Information
you may need to make an informed opinion: |
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There
has been quite a bit of discussion of this topic in our community over the
past weeks. You may have read a recent article in The Denver Post about
opposition to paving Daniels Park Road, or been approached to sign a petition.
This is a very complex subject to cover via email, but I'd like to share
information about some of the questions that CPN neighbors have been asking
about what exactly is happening, and how the project planned for this fall
would benefit the CPN community. I encourage all CPN residents to get informed
about this topic, to attend this meeting, and to support the county's overall
roads plan that has been developed to accommodate the interests of the CPN
community. Our participation will make a tremendous difference. |
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Paving
of Daniels Park Road is inevitable. |
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The
EPA is requiring that dirt roads in the northern portion of Douglas County
be paved, because of the dust we contribute to Denver's infamous brown cloud.
The chemical that is currently being used to reduce the dust is damaging
trees along the route and is also a fire hazard. So paving will happen eventually;
the only question is "when". The county will do it in multiple "phases"
over a period of years, so that they can carefully design the road to reduce
impacts. |
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The
open space will remain open. |
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Regardless
of whether the road surface is dirt or paved, the open land that you see
is protected by being part of the Cherokee Ranch, Daniels Park, and the
Highlands Ranch Open Space conservation areas. Part of the work for the
Daniels Park Road project is to look at alternate routes and design changes
that could actually reduce the impact of the road on these open spaces. |
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The
road will remain a 2-lane road. |
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The
County is very aware of concerns about the amount of traffic that would
use the route. A number of years ago, they cancelled a 1980's plan to make
Daniels Park Road a 4-lane arterial. In the revised plan, Daniels Park Road
was reduced to a 2-lane road, and other routes were added, including Monarch
Boulevard and a future "frontage road" just east of I-25. Both I-25 and
U.S. 85 will have further expansions to carry "through" traffic. |
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The
road will be designed to maintain a "country road" atmosphere. |
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The
County knows that the design will need to be sensitive to a LOT of factors,
including the need to protect Daniels Park, and to accommodate pedestrian
and equestrian trails, wildlife, the environment, and historical features. |
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The
paving project planned for this fall will NOT pave all of Daniels Park Road. |
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Currently,
the road is paved for the first mile north of U.S. 85. This project will
extend the paving about 1 ˝ miles further north, ending before the hill
south of Castle Pines Parkway. |
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It
will likely be several years before anything is done with the sections of
the road that go through Daniels Park and on the steep hill just south of
Castle Pines Parkway. |
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The
existing route divides Daniels Park, and the re-design will allow the County
too look at options for relocating to road to reduce the impact of the road
on the park. There is a lot of work to be done before they can do anything
with these sections of the road. |
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It
will likely be several years before anything is done with the sections of
the road that go through Daniels Park and on the steep hill just south of
Castle Pines Parkway. |
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The
existing route divides Daniels Park, and the re-design will allow the County
too look at options for relocating to road to reduce the impact of the road
on the park. There is a lot of work to be done before they can do anything
with these sections of the road. |
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Paving
this 1 ˝ mile stretch of Daniels Park Road is an essential part of the plan
to avoid the Castle Pines Village "North Gate". |
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CPN
residents have spent the past two years working to avoid a plan that would
have added substantial traffic to our community -- a "North Gate" from Castle
Pines Village that would have sent residential and construction traffic
through Forest Park Drive and on to Castle Pines Parkway. We have been successful
in negotiating with the County to create an alternate plan. Instead of the
North Gate, there will be an "East Gate" which will go east from Castle
Pines Village into the LaGae Ranch, and go through the commercial development
to connect to Castle Pines Parkway. However, this route won't be in place
when the construction begins in the northern tier of Castle Pines Village,
so construction traffic will be directed south to U.S. 85 via Daniels Park
Road. This section of the road has to be paved for dust, safety and maintenance
durability issues. |
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