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August 19, 2019

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Niwot NRCD I Alley Traffic Study Outcomes and Recommended Design Guidelines

Community meeting with Niwot commercial property owners in Block 5 and residents on 3rd Ave. scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 22


Boulder County, Colo. - The Boulder County Transportation Department has released the Outcomes and Recommended Design Guidelines from the Niwot NRCD I Alley Traffic Study.

Counts of actual traffic and pedestrian use and a trip generation model were utilized to gather data for the analysis.

View the Outcomes and Recommended Design Guidelines memo.

Next Steps

A community meeting with Niwot commercial property owners in Block 5 and residents on 3rd Ave. to discuss the results of the traffic analysis and draft alley guidelines will be held on Thursday, Aug. 22 in Niwot.

What: Community meeting with Niwot commercial property owners in Block 5 and residents on 3rd Ave.
When:
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22
Where: Left Hand Grange, 195 2nd Ave., Niwot

Based on feedback from the community meeting staff will finalize the guidelines and send a notice to the public the week of September 9.

For more information, contact Jose Ruano at jruano@bouldercounty.org or 303-441-3922.

Background

The adoption of Land Use Code Docket DC-18-0004 Niwot Rural Community District Amendments, which was approved by the Board of County Commissioners on April 23, 2019, and adopted in Resolution 2019-42, effective April 23, 2019, required the county to conduct an initial traffic count within 3 months of the adoption of the amended Code section.

View the Boulder County Land Use Code, updated June 18, 2019.

Niwot NRCD 1 map