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<br />T0: LA PLATA <br />1860 EAST <br />DURANGO, <br />DEAR SIRS: <br />COUNTY COMMISIONERS <br />SECOND AVE. <br />COLORADO 81301 <br />FEB. 19. 1987 <br />I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED WHILLOW BEND SAND PIT NORTH OF <br />DURANGO. MY RESIDENCE IS 10128 C.R. 250. TRAVELING TO AND FROM WORK ON <br />EAST ANIMAS AND TRIMBLE LANE, I PASS THE SAND AND GRAVEL PERATIONS OF <br />BOTH BURNETT AND SAND CO. AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE OF, B NETT HAS A <br />PIT JUST WEST OF THE BAR D THAT THEY USE FOR .STOCK PILEI THERE TRIMBLE <br />YARD DURING SLOW CONSTRUCTION PERIODS. THE TRUCK TRAFFIC N EAST ANIMAS <br />IS NOT ONLY EXTREME LY DANGEROUS FOR OTHER CARS, BUT THE ORRY OF EVERY <br />PARENT WHO PUTS THEIR CHILDREN ON A SCHOOL BUS OR JUST LE S THEM PLAY IN <br />THE YARD. TRUCKS WITH FULL LOADS CAN NOT STOP QUICKLY IF HER WERE A <br />NEED T0. ALSO, THE SPEED LIMIT ON EAST ANIMAS IS 35 MPH. HAT HAPPENS <br />WHEN MR. DILLON'S TRUCKS BEGINS HAULING ON 550• SPEED LIM TS ARE SSMPH <br />AND IT TAKES QUITE SOME TIME TO BUILD UP ENOUGH SPEED TO LOW INTO TRAFFIC. <br />I'VE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT AN A AND D LANE FOR THESE TRUCKS NOTHING ABOUT <br />THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE ROADS THAT ARE USED, NOTHING ABO T THE BROKEN <br />WINDSHIELDS OF OUR VALUABLE TOURISTS THAT HAVE TO FOLLOW HESE TRUCKS <br />UP OUR BEAUTIFUL VALLEY. BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS A DANGERO S PROJECT FROM <br />MANY STANDPOINTS. <br />DO WE HAVE TO RISK A HUMAN LIFE TO REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS DECISION <br />IF YOU HAVE THESE TRUCKS PULLING OUT ON 550 AT SMPH WHEN HE TRAFFIC FLOW <br />IS 55 MPH----- THE GHOSTS OF HUMANS WILL COME BACK TO HAU T YOUR DECISION. <br />SINCERI <br />e4 <br />~~c~~~~~ <br />FEES 231987 <br />MINED ND <br />RECLAMATI N DiVISlON <br />