Upper Front Range 2030 Regional Transportation Plan
STUDY BACKGROUND / PROCESS
As Northern Colorado continues to grow, demand on our roadway system is increasing and congestion is becoming part
of our lives. Now you have an opportunity to have a say in how to improve our transportation system.
In 2000 the Upper Front Range (UFR) Regional Planning Commission (RPC) completed the 2020 Regional
Transportation Plan. This plan identified and prioritized transportation needs and projects throughout the three-county
region, which includes Morgan County and parts of Weld and Larimer Counties, as shown on the Planning Region
map. This plan has been useful to local, regional, and state planning officials involved in the future of transportation in
the region. The planning process was successful largely due to the public participation throughout the process. Now,
the RPC is in the process of preparing the 2030 Regional Transportation Plan, and once again public participation will
be vital to creating a useful plan.
The RPC has established a draft Mission Statement and a draft set of Goals to guide the planning effort. After
inventorying the existing transportation system and demographic characteristics of the region, a reasonable picture of
the region by the year 2030 will be developed. The communities in the Upper Front Range will be asked to assist in developing
visions for the transportation corridors throughout the region. The corridor visions will then be used to identify the needs of the
region, and specific improvement projects will be identified. Each of these projects will be scored and ranked based on a set of
evaluation criteria. The compilation of all of these projects from various transportation modes, in prioritized order, will be the
“preferred plan” of transportation improvement projects in the UFR. The “financially constrained plan” will include the highest priority
projects based upon funding expected to be available. The UFR Regional Transportation Plan, along with plans for the other 14
regions in Colorado, will be integrated to develop the Statewide Transportation Plan. The timeline for the Upper Front Range 2030
Transportation Plan is shown on the Project Schedule.
Your participation is necessary to developing a realistic plan for this region. We will be soliciting your input and review throughout this
process. Please watch for postings of future public open houses. If you have any questions or comments about the plan, please
contact:
Jenny Young
Felsburg Holt & Ullevig
jenny.young@fhueng.com
7951 East Maplewood Avenue
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(303) 721-1440 (phone)
(303) 721-0832 (fax)
Upper Front Range 2030 Regional Transportation Plan
PLANNING REGION
287
25
WCR136
WCR122
WCR124
WCR122
WCR120
WCR77
2
39
8
Kersey
WCR53
86
WCR12
Ft. Lupton
Hudson
52
MCR2
Log Lane
Village
6
76
34
MCRR
MCRK
MCRI
MORGAN
71
MCRF
MCR14
MCR6
79
MCR4
WCR45
WCR37
Ft.
Morgan
52
Lochbuie
85
Hillrose
Brush
MCRQ
WCR4
WCR23
WCR19
WCR6
WCR13
WCR1
Erie
WCR95
Keenesburg
Wiggins
MCRW
71
MCR19
Dacono
WCR93
Firestone
Frederick
WCR14
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76
WCR87
WCR18
North
MCRU
WCR22
25
WCR8
WCR44
WCR32
WCR24 119
34
R3
Platteville
WCR30 66
39
WC
Mead
144
WCR49
WCR34
WCR29
Gilcrest
7
WCR39
Milliken
MCREE
MCR23
R38
MCR10
WC
MCR12
263
Greeley
MCR9
37
36
MCR34
W
52
392
Loveland
Stoneham
C
R
WCR74
WCR89
34
New
Raymer
Briggsdale
MCR24
NORTH
FRONT
RANGE
WCR43
Eaton
Severance
WCR51
Ault
WCR33
257
43
Estes
Park
WCR82
14
Fort
Collins
7
LCR
14
WCR115
WCR90
Pierce
R2
LCR44H
WELD
Nunn
WCR110
WCR93
1
WCR23
63E
52E
LC
LCR
LCR70
LCR64 WellingtonWCR100
WCR112
71
90
LCR19
LCR72
14
LCR
LCR15
4E
R3
R7
WC
LC
WCR13
LCR80
MCR2
LARIMER
34
Grover
WCR128
WCR145
3
WCR124
WCR133
10
WCR126
WCR135
R
WCR105
LC
85
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H O LT &
ULLE VI G
Upper Front Range 2030 Regional Transportation Plan
MISSION STATEMENT
DR
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“To provide a multi-modal transportation
system that maximizes public input, fosters
cooperation, and meets the transportation
needs of all travelers in the
Upper Front Range.”
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Upper Front Range 2030 Regional Transportation Plan
GOALS
DR
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1. To provide a multi-modal transportation system for the safe and
efficient movement of persons, goods, and information.
2. To engage the public throughout the development of the transportation
plan and its implementation.
3. To foster cooperation and to reduce institutional barriers between
all entities involved in providing transportation to the region.
4. To coordinate with the transportation plans of other entities within
the region (including Rocky Mountain National Park) and with those
of adjacent communities, Transportation Planning Regions, and states.
5. To ensure adequate maintenance of and the functional integrity of
the existing transportation system.
6. To identify existing and projected deficiencies in the transportation
system, including rights-of-way, and to establish methods to improve
these deficiencies.
7. To identify and efficiently utilize potential sources of funds for
transportation projects, take advantage of flexible funding, encourage
enhanced funding by communicating the needs to decision makers,
and encourage public/private partnership.
8. To acknowledge the interrelationship of transportation with existing
and future land uses and to integrate transportation and land use
planning.
9. To enhance the environment through the transportation system.
10. To ensure that the transportation needs of tourism, agriculture,
industry and economic development are met, while protecting and
improving the high quality of life in the region.
11. To provide enhanced access to Denver International Airport and
to recognize the impacts of DIA and the E-470 corridor on the region.
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H O LT &
ULLE VI G
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Upper Front Range 2030 Regional Transportation Plan
PROJECT SCHEDULE
2003
APR MAY JUN
1
2004
JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR
AUG
Project Organization
2 Public Involvement
3 Vision, Goals,
Objectives &
Strategies
4 Transportation
System Inventory
Socio-Economic
5 & Environmental
Profile
6 Mobility Demand
Analysis
Project Identification
7 & Alternatives
Analysis
8 Preferred Plan
9 Prioritization Process
Financially
10 Constrained
Plan
Consistency with
11 State & Federal
Requirements
12 Preliminary Draft
Report
13 Draft / Final Report
Executive Committee Meetings
Upper Front Range 2030, 03-087, 6/17/03
Regional Planning Commission Meetings
Public Open Houses