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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III • ~ • <br />999 <br />John Vengrin <br />Eagle County Engineer Office <br />P.O. Box 850 <br />Eagle, CO 81658 <br />June 9, 1999 <br />RE: Hidden Valley Pit conditions <br />Dear John, <br />Having read your June 4, 1999 memo to Terri Bernath I would request that you take [he <br />following information into consideration. <br />Under number six you say that you would consider combining alternative #1 with #3. I <br />would like to point out that during the~BOCC hearings on this pit the public was very <br />much opposed to us installing flashing signs. We put this out as an altemative only <br />because you suggested it in our first meeting this spring. Not only is this altemative <br />contrary to the residents desires but it is unnecessary as our trucks with alternative #1 will <br />not enter the lane of the oncoming traffic. <br />If however, you persist in your recommendation we would request that the forest service <br />be required to share in the cost of this improvement as well as the maintenance, as it <br />seems their trucks will go into the opposite lane and it is their trucks that need the <br />warning associated. <br />With regards to #7, We feel that o~ conventional signage should be required to warn <br />motorists of "trucks entering road." <br />#8. As you may remember the slopes of the lillside on [he north side of Coffee Pot road <br />are very steep and on the south side of [he road you have the bank of Deep Creek. If we <br />were to widen this road to accommodate a 22' width with 2' shoulders on each side we <br />will have to cut into [he north hillside and fill in on the banks of Deep Creek, a "wild and <br />scenic" designation. A cut into the steep hillside would leave a large visual scar because <br />we would have to remove the existing vegetation and it would be an even steeper slope <br />(1 H: I V.) This slope would not be very stable and large rocks could roll down to the <br />