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<br />Watson Divide Road will be upgraded to the County's Type 3 <br />standard from Highway 82 to the intersection with the single <br />family collector road. Upgrading this sector of the road is <br />easily accomplished as there are no steep sidebanks and the <br />road's current maximum grade is 7% with an average grade <br />between 3% and 5%. Based on the County Engineer's recom- <br />mendation, the upgrading of Watson Divide Road will include <br />replacement of the bridge culvert at the intersection of <br />Highway 82. <br /> <br />The upgraded portion of Watson Divide Road and the collector <br />road servicing the 14 homesites will be dedicated. Follow- <br />ing the 1979 recommendation of the Planning and Zoning <br />Commission, the driveways servicing the individual homesites <br />will be maintained as private driveways, to place the snow <br />clearance and maintenance responsibility of the driveways on <br />the homeowner vs. the County. <br /> <br />Another aspect of the road system evaluation is the traffic <br />impact of the project. A traffic impact analysis of the <br />project has been done based on a recalculation of the "Aspen <br />Village Traffic Impact Analysis, 1978," by Design Workshop, <br />Inc. and Alan M. Voorhees & Associates which was submitted <br />to the Planning Office for the 1978 Aspen Village GMP <br />submission. <br /> <br />The table below is a summary of the daily one-way automobile <br />trips and trip destination projections for the project. <br /> <br />Trip Destination <br /> <br />Aspen <br /> <br />Snowmass <br /> <br />Downvalley <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />Trips <br /> <br />87 <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />85 <br /> <br />202 <br /> <br />The 87 Aspen Village to Aspen trips result in a !% increase <br />in average daily traffic crossing Castle Creek Bridge. Of <br />the 87 Aspen Village to Aspen trips, the majority of these <br />trips (37 trips - 43%) will be work trips reflective of the <br />fact that most employees (75% estimated) will work in Aspen. <br /> <br />I. Public and Private Transit System <br /> <br />The only public transit available to downvalley residents is <br />the County bus system. The County bus presently services <br />Aspen Village with scheduled stops. All new development is <br />located within convenient walking distance to the bus stop <br />to encourage public transit use. Also, it is reasonable to <br />assume car pooling will increase among the mobile home park and <br />the PMH townhouse employees. <br /> <br />- 13 - <br />