NEWS RELEASE
BOULDER COUNTY
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Boulder County’s Community Planning & Permitting Department, the Colorado Department of Transportation, and the Regional Transportation District (RTD) invite the public to a community meeting on June 27, 2022 to learn about the dual transportation projects currently being designed for Colorado Highway 119 between Boulder and Longmont (The Diagonal Highway). The featured projects include the CO 119 Commuter Bikeway Design Project (Boulder County) and the CO 119 Safety and Mobility Project (CDOT and RTD).
The meeting will include a presentation by project team members on design plans and an overview of how the two projects work together to improve safety and enhance multimodal connectivity on the corridor. Attendees will have opportunities to write questions and comments during the meeting and submit comments afterwards at Bit.ly/DiagonalHigwayProjects.
- What: CO 119 Transportation Projects - Virtual Community Meeting
- When: June 27, 2022 from 5:30-7 p.m.
- Where: Virtual meeting hosted on Zoom. Registration is required: register here
- Languages: The meeting will be held in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation
About the Projects
The CO 119 Diagonal Highway Transportation Projects are a closely coordinated initiative between Boulder County, CDOT, and RTD to improve mobility for Boulder, Longmont, and adjacent communities. User-friendly connections between the new commuter bikeway, improved pedestrian crossings, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations, and Park-n-Rides will provide a variety of new transportation options in the CO 119 corridor that enhance safety, accessibility, and equity, while reducing climate change impacts.
“The CO 119 Diagonal Highway Transportation Projects advance CDOT’s vision of enhancing the quality of life and environment of the citizens of Colorado by creating an integrated transportation system that focuses on safely moving people and goods by offering convenient linkages among modal choices,” said Shoshana M. Lew, CDOT Executive Director, “Ongoing collaboration of the design for the Bus Rapid Transit, Park-n-Rides, and bike and pedestrian facilities in concert with the roadway and intersection improvements will make the corridor safer, improve operations, and increase access to all modes of transportation.”
The CO 119 Bikeway and Safety and Mobility projects are the result of the 2014 Northwest Area Mobility Study (NAMS) and the 2019 Multi-Modal Planning and Environmental Linkages Study (PEL). Construction on the projects is anticipated to begin in 2024.
About the CO 119 Commuter Bikeway Design Project
Boulder County is leading the design of the CO 119 Commuter Bikeway. The CO 119 Commuter Bikeway will create a safe, direct, and accessible separated hard surface bike path between Boulder and Longmont. The bikeway will provide seamless connections with transit (BOLT and future BRT) and connections to bike networks in downtown Boulder, the University of Colorado Boulder campus, South Boulder, and downtown Longmont.
“Boulder County is evolving in many exciting ways, and with it so too are the transportation needs of the public,” said Matt Jones, Boulder County Commissioner. “The CO 119 Bikeway is being designed with these changes in mind to support the range of ways people get around.”
To learn more about the CO 119 Bikeway Design, visit the project website.
About the CO 119 Safety & Mobility Project
The goal of the CO 119 Safety and Mobility Project, a joint project between CDOT and RTD, is to develop improvements that make traveling through the corridor safer for all modes and transit travel faster and more reliable. Project improvements include queue bypass lanes, BRT stations, and Park-n-Rides, which will support future BRT service on the corridor. The project proposes physically reconfiguring the CO 52 intersection to accommodate the bikeway and new BRT stations between the northbound and southbound roadways. Additionally, changing access at Airport Road and CO 119 is being considered to reduce crashes and to improve safety and traffic flow. Signal timing adjustments are proposed for all key intersections, and new signage, striping, and signal timing adjustments are recommended for all pedestrian crossings.
“The CO 119 Diagonal Highway Transportation Projects are shining examples of commitment, consensus, and collaboration to prioritize and enhance cost-effective mobility improvements in the region,” said Debra A. Johnson, General Manager, RTD. “These closely linked initiatives will yield significant quality-of-life benefits for area residents and visitors and demonstrate the value of integrated transportation options throughout the state of Colorado.
To learn more about the Safety and Mobility Project, visit the project website.
The meeting will be recorded for later viewing for those unable to attend and posted to the meeting website at Bit.ly/DiagonalHigwayProjects. For more information on the meeting, visit the meeting website or contact Alexandra Phillips, Boulder County Bicycle Planner, at 303-441-4520 or [email protected].
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