Jefferson Parkway
The proposed Jefferson Parkway toll road would run between Highways 93 and 128. It would intersect with but not overlap 93. It would start about five miles north of Golden and head northeast from there, stopping near to where the Northwest Parkway intersects U.S. 36.
In a recent development this summer (June, 2011), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it will conduct an environmental assessment of competing proposals from the City of Golden and the Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority (JPPHA) to purchase a transportation right of way from the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. The Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Interior, controls the Rocky Flats property.
There are a few opposing views on construction of the “Jefferson Parkway.” Three include the The City of Arvada, City of Golden, and Citizens Involved in the Northwest Quadrant (CINQ). Following are excerpts from the relative websites giving you the point and counterpoint discussions revolving this issue:
Get the Facts Golden
www.getthefactsgolden.org
Accessed 9.8.11
This website is designed to give you a clear picture of the history, the choices, and the potential future of transportation in and around Golden. Specifically, you will find details about the Colorado Department of Transportation’s concept for a beltway through Golden and how we have successfully fought against it. You will also find details about the proposed Jefferson Parkway, which would be built five miles north of Golden. We encourage you to look at Golden’s Plan for future transportation fixes within the City and what we hope to achieve. Then you can study the pros and cons of the two options that the City Council must choose between, and form your opinion…
Go the Betterway
www.gothebetterway.org
Accessed 9.8.11
The beltway connection from Broomfield, through Arvada and into Golden has been a vigorously debated road for years. Beginning in 1989, voters said NO to this road by a 4-to-1 margin. Subsequently, three major studies have looked at this road, including the Jeffco Transportation Plan, the NW Quadrant Feasibility Study and an Environmental Impact Statement. Each of these studies concluded that there was no need for a beltway connection, was not cost effective, and/or did not have public support. Instead, the best recommendation was to improve existing roads such as SH93 and Indiana/McIntyre to reduce congestion at the least expense. Future land use was the primary reason each study failed to prove need. The majority of the land in this area is undevelopable, with the exception of a few small areas…
A Message from the Arvada City Council
www.arvada.org/tag/beltway
Accessed 9.8.11
There are many voices speaking up about the completion of the metropolitan beltway in northwest Jefferson County. The majority of those voices are from elected officials or residents in the immediate area. However, the fact is that the completion of the beltway is a metropolitan issue, not a northwest Jefferson County issue. Residents of metropolitan Denver, the time to speak up is now. This is our future we’re discussing.
Contrary to the oft-repeated phrase uttered by a very vocal minority that a linked beltway is “not needed,” if there is one overall conclusion emerging from the latest Environmental Impact Study (EIS) process currently being conducted by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), it is that a completed beltway is clearly a necessity. To state otherwise ignores not only future projections about population and traffic growth, but current conditions and the already evident lack of mobility in northern Jefferson County…