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<br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1JRS <br /> <br />Appendix C <br />CorrespondencelTelephone lOgs <br /> <br />> motorists. '!'he lIlC.t x-o'"ent event.. occurred .. few WlIeks lkQQ ..-hen our office <br />,. was contacted by the CQ\JlIty. UnfortunlJtely. ollr l"ponse has been delayed <br />> until now bee.WI' of . lllllPOrary. 1l""1I0nal (SWImI!r) personnel llhortage. <br />,. Th, llIllroon Formation bedrock in this ar.. cClr>$i15ts of h~vi1y <br />,. fractured red s-.n<htone int.rbtldded with red "hale. Thi. fracturing <br />,. extenda tens, if not lIlOre, of feet into the subllurhce and i. caused by <br />,. the "".rly continuous Bhale and evaporite dill.piri... uctonic. whiCh is <br />,. pronalent in III,Ich of U,. Roari.ng Fork Va.ll~ llnd nearby pl.c.... <br />> 1 spok. thb "fhrnoon with l4r. 'tOll Ru"..ll of Cal"H.ld County RC>ad <br />> and Bridge about thl! pollsibllity of solving thb rod;fall pro01_. <br />> Unfoil:"tunlltely, I can only be .....ry pe".l.&istic .. it ..ill be prsctically <br />> imponibl. to :.....:I1.t. the tra.;ture. i... the bedroc:k .uu:i the Slope <br />,. profilel.' 0:[ thtl nee" canyon WIlUS hfhieb largely nault frotll a rapid <br />,. Tllta of alop.. diaintigration cau9<>d by "aarly continuo~ rock IIlOv~t.. <br />,. I r.c~~ to Mr. Ru".ell that tha .ituation "-r. ill potentially <br />,. .0 bad that tha C<7WIty .hould eo.,.id..r do.Lng thh :ro"d altOgetber. fl. <br />,. indicated th"t tbb tw.a been considered before &nd ill politically <br />,. 1JJltenabl.. e.c..ua. of thill, I lIl.lgg.sted that the eOlmty con..!der <br />,. i....talling .. ..ri.. of "J.r"~ Bllrr1..r" atructur... out into the roadway <br />,. and that thi. .~t be _d. into ..n altllr'nllltinq on.-vay road with an <br />,. al1tOlMtad ai9fllll1ng "y"t_. 1'h. ""e-way sy:stlllll would pre~bly dew <br />,. traffic W;>.rn ..n4 ~llihly lellsen ha:ta.rd by lowerino;r the relative velocity <br />,. of rocks hitting vehiel..... ApprOpriate aigna<]e _rning IDCItorist" about lOb.. <br />,. ~"r abould abc be inJItal18d. This 8hould incluide a "NO STOPPING OR <br />,. 6'I'AHClOO" .ona and poui.bly infcrlllZItive aigna at dth..r end of the r~d <br />,. wb.ich explain the danger. <br />I indieated to lit:. ll.u...l1 that CCS is ..illing to eontinua to help <br />,. Garfiald County with thia lllllttar. ! a'.lugested that thb mig-ht includ.. . <br />,. ti..ld _ting, on .it... in th41 naar future. <br />> <br />,. Sincerely, <br />,. JAXltS K. SOULE <br />,. 5@tnior Knoineuing Geologht EmedtUll <br />,. CoJora40 Geological SUn<~ <br /> <br />,. T~l. <br />,. CeU. <br />,. (FAIl <br /> <br />()031 8!l~-2056 <br />(303180!l0<l.31 <br />(03) 866-2t61 <br /> <br />r---~~ <br /> <br />T:\PROJECT5\6844888_CWCBJLOOD_DOC_RPTS\$UB 00\6_0 PROJ DEUV\REPOAT\APPENDIX C.DOCI2Q-MAA-02\\ <br />