HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-26 Requesting Acceleration of Funding from the CO Highway Commission to Construct a New Partial Interchange West of the Main Vail Interchange on I70RESOLUTION NO. 26
Series of 1986
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING ACCELERATION OF FUNDING FROM THE
COLORADO HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW PARTIAL
INTERCHANGE WEST OF THE MAIN VAIL INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE
70; AND SETTING FORTH DETAILS IN REGARD THERETO.
WHEREAS, the Town of Vail, County of Eagle and the State of Colorado Department
of Highways retained Centennial Engineering to conduct a study to determine feasible
alternatives to modify the Main Vail Interchange of Interstate 70; and
WHEREAS, the study was completed in 1984 and reviewed by the Town of Vail,
County of Eagle, and the State of Colorado Department of Highways; and
WHEREAS, the study suggested that the interchange be first modified by
signalization and ultimately modified by the construction of a new partial
interchange west of the main Vail interchange an Interstate 70; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Highway Commission has included funding of the design and
construction of a partial interchange and signalization (Project #843038) in the
amount of $1,801,000 in the current Five Year Highway Program of projects adopted
September 13, 1985 as recommended by the Centennial Engineering study. Two hundred
one thousand dollars ($201,000) is earmarked far final design in the fiscal year
1989-90; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Vail and Beaver Creek will be the hosts of the World Alpine
Ski Championships to be held during February 1989; and
WHEREAS, both Houses of the Colorado General Assembly have unanimously passed
resolutions supporting the holding of the World Alpine Ski Championships in Vail and
Beaver Creek during February, 1989; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Vail greatly appreciates the inclusion of the construction
of a new partial interchange west of the main Vail interchange on Interstate 70, but
believes that a new partial interchange will significantly decrease traffic
congestion created by the additional traffic flow generated by the World
Championships and the Vaii Mountain expansion and growth of the Town of Vail thereby
maximizing traffic safety; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Vail believes it to be in the best
interest of the Town of Vaii, the County of Eagle and the State of Colorado, that
funding for the construction of a new partial interchange west of the main Vail
interchange on Interstate 70 be accelerated to allow for construction of the project
to be completed before the World Ski Championships to be held in February, 1989.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Town Council of the Town of Vail,
Colorado, that:
Section 1.
The Town Council of the Town of Vail hereby requests that continued funding be
made available for Project #843038, but that such funding be accelerated to allow
for the construction of the project to be completed before the World Ski
Championships to be held during February of 1989.
Section 2.
The Town Council hereby authorizes the Town Manager and Town Attorney to take
all necessary steps to obtain accelerated funding far Project #84303$.
INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED AND ADOPTED t.}his 21st day of October, 1986.
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Pau?`R. Jahnst ,Mayor
ATTEST:
Pamela A. Brandmeyer, T n Clerk
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