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RPR-28-2005 07:59 FROM: GILPI <br />c. <br />1 - <br />-~~~~ <br />'NTY MGR 303 582 3906 1:3035340310 P.6 <br />,LS"C TRANSPORT~ITYON;CONSULTANTS;=ING_ <br />11889 York Street <br />Denvei;;C0:86106 <br />' - ',(303)%333-1105 <br />~ FAX;(303);333,1~1'07" <br />E;msl1:-sc~lscderivercom <br />~' 1'Peb'Site:~bftji://tivwwlscdehver.com <br /> <br />`:'~iMaxch 22, 2005 <br />. Mr, Phil tNolf <br />P:O: Box 16804 <br />:Golden, C0 80402 <br />Dear Mr. Wolf: <br />Re: Wolf Property Access to SH 119 <br />Gilpin County, C0 <br />(I.SC #1030170) <br />At yourrequest, I have reviewed the proposed access "to the Wolf Property from State Highway <br />(SH) 119...The Wolf property"is located in;Crilpin County, Colorado.in!Sections-25,and 26 of <br />'.Township 3 South and Range 72' West. Figure 1 depicts the location of ttie property with <br />respect to $H 1.19. The proposed access is Tocated at MP 1.S.dir'ectlyopposite the access W <br />' .tlie Clear Creek Convenience'store (shown on Figure lj. This,letter'enalyses the proposed. <br />access in light'of the Colorado State Highway Aacess.Code. <br />5H:1 I9 is under the jurisdiction of the Colorado Department ofTransportation.(CDOT). It has <br />an access:category designation of..R-A:(Regional'HighwayJ. These types _ofstate highway,are <br />;::,characterized.: with:a.cagacity;for medium'to higfi'speeds~and-ielativelyme"dium to high traffic <br />:volumes>overCmedium•and'aong~distances, ':SH. 1_'19 •currently.;consists-of~one lane in cach <br /><'diiection aril has a posted speed limit of 45'mph. Tli`ere are few•passing opportunities dueao <br />` : theaimited sightdistance. fihe. latest tragic count's onSH 119 showahis.r"oadway is carryuig <br />_ appi:o~dmately'15.,000 vehicles"on:an average weekday with,the webkends being slightly higher: <br />" Tlie?Wolf property lies approximately2,000 feet:of frontage along$H 1:19. 'SH 119 is also:on <br />.. . <br />° a: gradeiof a out; four percent. near: a -W,o .progeny. " , <br />:. Two. access'"permits have been issued on the eastsiderof SH-'119., m this area. -:CDOT Permit <br />No. 103039 (flnclosed)"was..issuedao P-kiil Wolf.orid&tay 14,~2003'for a~commetcial.access to <br />`serve'a~surface'**+~*+i++g'operatan at~Mile POint 1;190: Tlusipen~nit.lia's:ezpired~and'1VIr:-Wolf, <br />no longer has plans to; use this, access. GD:O.T. Permit~N.o: `100.0.52.;(enclosedj~was issued,to <br />Dennis Doud on July 27, 2QOO:far a ccsidentialaccess tb'seive;one single-family,residence.at <br />,Mile'Point, 1:57. 'this access was constructed. Mr.-Wolf has iecently;purchased the Doud <br />property and desires to relacate.tliis existing access for his surface :nir„ng operation. lsorder <br />to provide for large trucks, the access will have to be rebuilt and relocated about S00 feet to <br />the south of the existing access where it will oppose the existing access serving the Clear creek <br />Convenience store. <br />