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~- ~ • <br />Parkdale Recreation Site Statistics <br />Type of Vuirors by <br />Rarrttional Activity for 1996 Commercial <br />Staff <br />Numbers Commercial <br />Clians Private <br />Users Totals <br />Commercial Raftin v 19,613 92 374 N/A l l 1.987 <br />Private Rafting/ <br />Ka N/A NIA 9,500 9,SOU <br />Fis ' N/A N/A 1,050 1,050 <br />Si t irniclan N/A N/A 3,830 3,830 <br />Total NumberoEP le 19,613 92,374 14,3R0 126,367 <br />• We would like to point out that a significant amount of rafting and fishing also occurs at a private river <br />access called "Browns Landing" adjacent to the bridge on the north side of the river. We believe that <br />this significant river access site would also be impacted negatively if this mine goes into operation. <br />The analysis of the overall traffic impaeu is not complete. Approximately 12,255 vehicles including <br />van? & busses with trailers utilize the Parkdale Recrwtion Site. Hwy 50 has about S,OSU vehicles per <br />day at peak traffic seazon. This proposal shows 2 tmeks per hour leaving and 2 rnrpty tracks per hour <br />returning everyday year around except on Sundays. Additionally 30 + employees will enter and exit <br />Hwy 50 over this small accps road. This is approximately 28,824 vehicles per year. The analysis <br />needs to detail needed highway snfery measures, including the possible need for constniction of accel <br />and duce) lanes, the impacts m Hwy SO traffic, the impaMS to traffic in the inunediate area, and show <br />evidence of consultation with CDOT. <br />• The proposal offered appears inadequate to us in its presetttatien of the envirotanental impacts w the <br />site and the arcs, specifically; <br />1. Visual resource: impacts to the millions of people driving along the en[ire stretch of highway 50 & <br />going in and out of the Royal Gorge west entrance ace not presented is detail sufficient to carry out <br />any reasonable analysis. <br />2. Physical impacts to the environment { related to river water quality, visual resources, soils, noise, <br />air quality, dust, the vegetation etc. }are not described sufficien[ly to allow other agencies, local <br />goverruncmt entities, ar individuals in the area with a direct intertst in this operation the <br />background necessary to provide soy reasonable mview of the facts, nor to provide comments to <br />the commission in an adequate manner. We feel very strongly thrtt the public and the Fremont <br />P&,Z Commission need to have [his information in front of them prior to acting upon the issuance <br />of a conditional use permit. <br />Economic impacts to the tourism industry already in place near and along this potential mine site <br />the Upper Arkansas River Valley has a S50 million rafting industry depending heavily upon [he <br />Parkdale site and the viewing of surrounding scenic hills while on the river. The Royal Gorge <br />Company's west entrance route is within sight of this mine.} are not addressed at all. These <br />questions and others related to recreation end tourism need to be looked at in detail. Again, we <br />believe the conunission ruxds these face prior w making a decision on the pcrmi[. <br />Page 2 <br />