Stone Canyon/US 36 Intersection -
Pedestrian Safety Improvements
The
goal of the Stone Canyon Intersection project is to increase safety for
bicycles and pedestrians while maintaining intersection functionality
for motorists and the surrounding businesses.
Both the Town of Lyons and the Colorado Department of Transportation
have been working to improve this intersection for a number of years.
Safety concerns about the high speed of traffic combined with stop-sign
control, multiple traffic movements, and lack of bicycle and pedestrian
facilities at the intersection prompted Boulder County to include
intersection improvements on its list of Countywide Transportation
Projects approved by voters for funding in November 2007.
Boulder County, CDOT and the Town of Lyons have since begun to develop a
conceptual design for safety improvements to the intersection. This
design includes improving the approach geometry for both Stone Canyon
Drive and McConnell Drive; channelizing right turning traffic on three
legs of the intersection, and providing improved pedestrian safety
through the use of pedestrian refuges.
Conceptual Design
The attached conceptual design was
presented to the public at a Public Open House on November 18, 2009.
Comments included questions about the need for the intersection
improvements without a traffic signal; requests that CDOT look at
reducing speed limits along the highway; and specific questions about
the proposed design.
Contact Tim
Swope, Project Planner (720) 564-2658 for the most current
information.
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