- CDOT Update Upcoming Construction TBD with Funding
- Asset programs’ base funding (annually)
- Surface treatment – $42.5 million
- Bridges – $6.5 million
- Culverts – $1.1 million
- US 6 & Wadsworth interchange
- Phase 3 (SW quadrant improvements)
- Noise wall, auxiliary lane, detached sidewalk, pedestrian crosswalk
- Complete
- Phase 4 (12th & Wadsworth water quality pond)
- Complete
- Phase 5 (Interchange reconstruction)
- $20M RAISE grant awarded summer of 2023
- Design completion expected in late 2025 with construction expected to begin 2026
- Region 1 – section 9 spending
- Total spent year-to-date FY 25 (July 1, 2024 – June 21, 2025)
- $23,867,918
- Section 9 includes Clear Creek, Summit, Jefferson, Gilpin, and Boulder counties
- Maintenance cost per county:
- Clear Creek = $11,783,538
- Summit = $9,402148
- Jefferson = $8,595,915
- Gilpin = $761,605
- Boulder = $99,838
- Three major areas of maintenance activities equal a total of $16,216,321
- Snow & ice removal (includes avalanche mitigation & clean up) = $13,378,392
- Guardrail, Attenuator repairs, and courtesy assist – $1,592,677
- Roadside maintenance (slope repair, paving, trash, and rock removal) = $1,245,252
- Total spent year-to-date FY 25 (July 1, 2024 – June 21, 2025)
- Phase 3 (SW quadrant improvements)
- Asset programs’ base funding (annually)
- DRCOG Active Transportation Plan
- DRCOG’s Active Transportation Plan (ATP) draft is out for public feedback
- DRCOG’s ATP is a guide for extending walking, bicycling and rolling to everyone in the Denver region
- Developed in partnership with local governments, CDOT, and RTD
- Sidewalk Delivery Guide and Building a Better Bicycle+ Program drafts are also available for feedback
- Community and stakeholder engagement for the remainder of August
- Active Transportation Plan | Engage with DRCOG
- RTD August Service Changes
- August 31st – If all service changes approved, they will take effect this date
- Light Rail
- D Line: 18th/California – Littleton/Mineral
- Schedule timing will be adjusted to accommodate rerouting in response to the Downtown Rail Reconstruction Project
- E Line: Union Station – RidgeGate Parkway
- Minor schedule changes to account for D Line rerouting
- R Line: Lincoln – Peoria
- Minor schedule changes to account for changes to E Line
- Wind Crest Embrace Well-Being Fair- Link On Demand
- Fair is to provide exposure to providers and resources available for residents to support their mind, body, and connections to enhance health and well-being
- Douglas County Dept of Community Services will be at Wind Crest to host a table representing Link On Demand.
- Assist with residents downloading the application, toggling available features, answer questions, and take feedback.
- September 12, 2025 from 10:30am – 12:30pm
- D Line: 18th/California – Littleton/Mineral
- DRMAC
- Walk Audit Sept 18 and 29, funded by AARP at 17th and Quebec
- RCC meeting on 1st Tuesday – theme accessible outdoor activies
- Getting there Guide, available next month.
- EasyRide
- Wheelchair securement training and assistance training
- Membership education – newer members joining that are giving up the keys and needing to plan and prepare, giving them more help and support for options
- Increasing use of language line for Mandarin and Japanese and culture
- Broomfield Transit Study:
- The BV page input is now closed after National Night Out consultants are crunching the final input
- Council will get a final update on October 21, before finalizing
- FlexRide Zero Fare Summer ends 8-31
- Together Jeffco – TMP
- Comprehensive Plan and Transportation & Mobility Plan Review Period is Complete
- Next Steps for the TMP
- Currently anticipating a hearing before the Planning Commission for the Transportation and Mobility Plan in September. Please note that the Planning Commission is the final decision-maker on this advisory plan.
- July through August – Brief PC and respond to comments
- September – Adoption by planning committee
- Front Range Passenger Rail
- WHERE: Front Range Passenger Rail (FRPR) will initially run from Fort Collins through Denver to Pueblo, with a long-term goal of connecting Colorado to New Mexico and Wyoming.
- WHY: With 5 million people currently on the Front Range—and 3 million more expected—FRPR offers a safe, efficient way to travel and connect communities.
- WHEN: The first train could launch within 10–15 years. Planning is underway for routes, stations, and funding. 2029!!!!
- HOW:FRPR will use existing freight rail tracks and partnerships to reduce costs and speed up implementation, supported by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding.
- RTD Partnership program
- Supports community-designed transportation
- The program helps local governments and transportation organizations address local mobility needs
- For the 2025 Call for Projects (open April 16–May 14), RTD increased available funding by 50% to $3 million annually for 2026–2028
- Updates from Via Mobility
- Weekend Services: Stats
- Between June 1st and August 17th 1,074 weekend trips
- Approximately 100 a weekend
- Most in the Denver Metro
- 2 weekends left for the program
- Weekend Services: Stats
- Update of the micro transit pilot project
- The Enhancing Short Trips was a planning study
- Next Steps are for the County to apply for a grant to pilot the program
- They are estimating to apply for grants in 2026 and launch the service in 2027 depending on the funding availability
- The Colorado Energy Office has the final deliverables
- Recap Clear Creek/Gilpin Economic Development Regional Meeting & Next Steps
- Transportation Priorities
- Clear Creek Transportation Hub (Idaho Springs)
- Received grant for design but didn’t get grant for construction – will reapply next year
- Roundabout Support
- Currently not enough funding
- Loss of roundabout hurts utility of Transportation Hub
- Other Priorities
- Childcare Support
- Preventing Retail Leakage
- Broadband Access
- Senior Housing
- Diversifying local economy
- Eliminating food deserts
- Transportation Priorities
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