Tonight, Summit County held a public meeting to answer questions about Kilby Road changes. This includes the strange curves that run from the Pinebook Fresh Market to Ecker Hill Middle School.<\/p>\n
About 15 people showed up to ask questions of Derrick Radke, Summit County Public Works Director. A few people were quite militant. We felt for Mr Radke as a few of the people berated him, the county, every decision a public works person has ever made, whether he had any education (to which he responded that he had worked for over 35 years in the profession). No matter how Mr Radke answered a question, those people would not be satisfied. It was sad that community members can’t be more human.<\/p>\n
That said, there were legitimate questions. Here are the ones we found interesting:<\/p>\n
Q:<\/strong> Why isn’t the Kilby Road Park and Ride accessible from I-80?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> The Federal Highway Administration required that if they wanted to connect the Park and Ride with I-80 that there was a formal exit. This is different from a simple offramp. So, that was not possible.<\/p>\n Q: <\/strong>Will there be a bike lane along Kilby RD?<\/p>\n A: <\/strong>Yes. There will be a five foot wide bike lane on both sides of the street (north and south).<\/p>\n Q: <\/strong>Why is the road designed with all these weird curves?<\/p>\n A: <\/strong>When a Park and Ride was proposed, the public was worried about speed of traffic approaching Ecker Hill. So, the road was designed with typical traffic calming measures. Therefore, there are curves to slow down traffic and turn lanes to help ensure a proper flow of traffic.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> When will all asphalt be laid between the Fresh Market and Ecker Hill?<\/p>\n A: <\/strong> By Sunday<\/p>\n Q: <\/strong>Will there be construction delays on the first day of school?<\/p>\n A: <\/strong> The construction company is trying to limit that.<\/p>\n Note: we took that answer as a YES, there will be delays. So, please travel accordingly.<\/p>\n Q: <\/strong>How will snow be removed with all the curves on the road?<\/p>\n A: <\/strong> The same procedures will be used, but it will be a little slower for Summit County plow crews.<\/p>\n Q: <\/strong>Is there a designated place for school kids to be picked up or dropped off in the Park and Ride area?<\/p>\n A: <\/strong> No.<\/p>\n Note: a parent told us that the school is planning on sending something out on this.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Who is going to use the Park and ride?<\/p>\n A: <\/strong> Vail paid over $5 million toward the Park and Ride. For this, they received a guaranteed 200+ spots. According to Mr Radke, the County can’t force people to use the Park and Ride but they are hopeful Vail and others will use the Park and Ride more over time.<\/p>\n Q: <\/strong>Will the Electric Express bus service the Park and ride.<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> No, probably not. It will likely be something like the Pink 7.<\/p>\n Note: This is an issue. The Sales Tax increase was predicated on the Electric 10 servicing this area at 10 minute intervals. If there is a change in that, it is concerning and that needs to formally be communicated to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tonight, Summit County held a public meeting to answer questions about Kilby Road changes. This includes the strange curves that run from the Pinebook…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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