HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-18 Support of the Request to the State Division of Highways to Reduce the Speed Limit in a Number of Areas Along the South Frontage Road through TOVRESOLUTION N0. 18
Series of 1986
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE TOWN OF
VAIL'S REQUEST TO THE STATE DIVISION
OF HIGHWAYS TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT
IN A NUMBER OF AREAS ALONG THE SOUTH
FRONTAGE ROAD THROUGH THE TOWN OF VAIL,
WHEREAS, the existing speed limit on the South Frontage Road is presently
set at between 25 and 45 miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, the developers of Cascade Village have proposed a new entry off
of the South Frontage Road; and
WHEREAS, a great deal of pedestrian and bicycle traffic utilizes the South
Frontage Road east of Vail Raad; and
WHEREAS, a reduction in the speed of vehicular traffic in these area will
benefit the health, safety and welfare of guests and citizens of Vail:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL,
COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
The Vail Town Council hereby requests that the State Division of Highways
reduce the speed limit from 45 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour on the Sauth
Frontage Road in the area of the Cascade Village development.
Section 2.
The Vail Town Council hereby requests that the State Division of Highways
extend the existing 25 miles per hour speed zone from the intersection of Vail
Road and the South Frontage Road easterly to the area of the Ford Park Tennis
Courts. In addition, the Town Council requests that the speed limit from the
Ford Park Tennis Courts to Vail Valley Drive be reduced to 35 miles per hour
with the 45 miles per hour zone east of Vail Valley Drive maintained as
presently existing.
INTRODUCED, READ, PASSED AND ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF VAIL, COLORADO, HELD ON ~?ULY 1, X986.
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Pa`u~l R. /,hnston, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Pamela A. Brandmeyer, T wn Clerk