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RESOLUTION NO. 56 , SERIES OF 1978
A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING SUPPORT FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO SOUTH
SANTA FE DRIVE.
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WHEREAS, the City of Englewood, through Resolution
No. 32, Seri•• of 1975, aupported the widening of South Santa
Fe Drive with proviaiona for exclusive bus lanes; and
WHEREAS, the City of Englewood supported the trans-
fer of fund• from I-470 to, among other projects, improvements
along South Santa Fe Drive, including grade separations and
interchange• where needed; and
WHEREAS, the City of Englewood is currently pursuing
an application to the Denver Regional Council of Governments
for uae of a portion of th••• tranaf er funds to construct a
one-vay couplet in the U. S. 285 corridor between South Santa
Pe Drive and South Broadway; and
WHERIAS, the continued health and vitality of the
Englewood buain••• diatrict require• a substantially improved
flow of traffic between South Santa Pe Drive and U. S. 285;
and
WHEREAS, traffic flows along South Santa Fe Drive
are projected to increase from 35,800 vehicles per day today
to 67,300 in 1996; and from 45,000 vehicles per day today to
89,400 in 1996 on U. S. 285, thereby aggravating an already
congeated interchange; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City
of Englewood and the Englewood business comnunity that the
interchange deaign at South Santa Fe Drive and U. S. 285 be
sufficient to carry all present and predicted traffic assuming
the conatruction of the U. S. 285 couplet;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Englewood, Colorado rec0111Dends and urges the
Colorado Department of Highways to design the interchange at
U. S. 285 and South Santa Fe Drive ao that the maximum antici-
pated volume of traffic at thia location can be acconmodated
without undue congeation and delay, and that, when constructed,
the U. S. 285 couplet can be merged to the interchange without
extr ... diaruption and exorbitant cost; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the design of any future
interchange between South Santa Fe Drive and U. S. 285 must
inaure an improved level of aervice ao that vehicular access
to the Englewood buain••• diatrict ia unimpeded.
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS 18th day of September,
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Resolution
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