2004-10-13_REVISION - M1999120 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

J1~U/U7/U4 14:52 r'nx 303L891348 L G EVERIST Mr- Kim Ogle antl Mr. Donald Carroll Weld County Planning and Zoning and Public Works Departments ~ 002 From the amendment application, Section 6.0 Road Access lnformatlon. As per request, information from the existing permit to fill in the blank and for ease of review: Access Point(s) - Existino/approved: L. G. Everist, Inc. {LGE) currently accesses CR18 approximately 2,100 feet east of CR25. - Proposed: Truck traffic will exit the amended site atone of three locations on County Road 18, east of County Road 25. Existing Access A is located approximately 2,100 feet east of CR25. Proposed Access B is approximately 1,500 feet east of CR25, and proposed Access C is approximately 800 feet east of CR25. Only one access will be open to commercial traffic at any given time. The proposed access points are shown on the Extraction Plan Map. Haul Route - Existing/approved; As per our Long-Term Road Maintenance and Improvements Agreement, the westbound route is "out of the Everist Fort Lupton operation main entrance, west on Weld County Road 18 to WCR 23." The eastbound route is "out of the Everist Fort Lupton operation main ent2nce, east on Weld County Road 18 to United States Highway (US) 85." As per our Traffic Study, dated May 2000, conducted by LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. (and reiterated in the April 20, 2004 letter from LSC included in the amendment application) -most of the traffic is oriented to the east on WCR 18, with 75% of the traffic oriented to the south on 85, and 23% of the traffic oriented to the north on 85. The remaining 2% of traffic is oriented to the west on WCR 18. - Proposed: No change, except for the main entrancPlaccess point- see Access Point(s) above. Truck Types - Existing/approved: Aggregate trucks -both 85,000 pound tractor-trailers and 55,000 Round tandems. Concrete mixers, and asphalt trucks (tandems) are also used. Ot course there ate also a few delivery trucks, and employee and visitor vehicles. - Proposed: No change. Truck Counts - 6cistino/approved: As per our Traffic Study, dated May 2000, conducted by LSC, the peak-day, peak-season trips are as follows: 324 peak-day vehicle trips (162 entering and 162 exRing) including 284 truck trips and 40 passenger vehicle and pick-up trips. - Proposed: No change. As stated in the amendment application, there will not bean increase in truck traffic or average annual production (500,000 tons per year)- Road Improvements - Existinglapproved: LGE has an existing Long-Term Road Maintenance and Improvements Agreement with Weld County, which was signed and approved on February 26, 2001. The Agreement required improvements to the intersection of WCR 18 and US Highway 85, as perthe LSC Traffic Study. The improvements have been completed, and are The AC/DC lanes on US 85, and the paving of the first 100 feet of the mine access road. - Proposed: Each new mine access point (proposed Access Points B and C) will be paved for the first 100 feet, and shall be constructed to accommodate heavy truck traffic in order to protect any underlying utility lines and pipelines which are located in the Weltl County Road right-of-way. If you need any other additional information, or would like a copy of the LSC Traffie Study, please feel free to contact me at 303-286-2247, or by email at lemayer@Igeverist.com. Sin erely, ayer R ulatory Mana r cc: Mr. Dennis Fields, L. G. Everist, Inc. Ms. Maureen Jacoby, Banks and Gesso LM/FL-USRAddlnfo-weIdK08DC-1 pp704.doc