- Target:
- Weld County Commissioners, City of Greeley, Town of Windsor, County of Weld, State of Colorado
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- StopOStreet.com
The noise and pollution caused by the construction and use of the O Street extension and alignment will severely impact the ecosystem of the Cache la Poudre River riparian corridor.
American Rivers has already declared the Cache la Poudre River America’s third most Endangered River.
The highway will negatively impact the Cache la Poudre National Heritage Area and the Poudre River Trail Corridor. The Colorado Department of Wildlife opposes the O Street Alignment.
There is an abundance of wildlife in this last stretch of undeveloped riparian corridor. Construction of this highway will cause wildlife and recreation areas to be destroyed and open space opportunities to be lost. Homes and farmland will be demolished and rural character and heritage lost.
To Weld County Commissioners and representatives and officials of the City of Greeley, Town of Windsor, County of Weld, and State of Colorado:
We, the undersigned residents of Northern Colorado, are deeply concerned about the plan for the extension and alignment of O Street (County Road 64) between Weld County Road 27 and Weld County Road 23.
We urge our representatives and public officials to:
Consider other alternatives to the O Street extension such as improvement and widening of US Hwy 34 and State Hwy 392 and use of the existing Weld County Road 64.5.
If an alternative for O Street must be approved, we urge our representatives and public officials to:
Approve the blue alignment alternative which travels south of the intersection of O Street and 83rd Avenue.
(The blue alignment would be less destructive than the currently preferred yellow alternative which travels straight through the intersection and destroys two homes and the associated farm buildings. Alignment alternative information provided per the study completed by Felsburg, Holt and Ullevig.)
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The Stop O Street petition to Weld County Commissioners, City of Greeley, Town of Windsor, County of Weld, State of Colorado was written by Judy Firestien and is in the category Roads & Transport at GoPetition.