The Master Plan will be a Community Based Implementation focused Transportation plan that will examine the needs, facilities for bicycles, pedestrians, and transit. The plan will establish goals and objectives for each mode of transportation. It will discuss Safe Routes to School, Carpooling/park and rides, and other modes of transportation. The Scope of the plan is the City of Durango Comprehensive Planning Area. The goal of the plan is to establish a connected functional network of bicycle lanes/routes throughout the city, identify on and off street trail and transit connections, and to develop a new set of uses friendly maps. The end result will be a prioritized list of projects, policy recommendations for bike lanes, bike parking, transit enhancements, ride-sharing, suggested locations for park and rides, and much more.
The City is not hiring a consultant to write this plan. We need you the residents of Durango and LaPlata County to participate in this process, to give us your suggestions, input and ideas for how to make Durango a fantastic place to get around by any mode of transportation. You are the experts, you know the issues in your neighborhoods, and together we can create a successful plan. To get involved or for more information on the Master Plan please contact Amber Blake at 375-4949 or email her at blakeak@ci.durango.co.us
We will begin the public process for the Multi Modal Master Plan with 7 neighborhood meetings. At these meetings we will discuss the bicycle, pedestrian, and transit networks while focusing on issues related to the neighborhoods. We are looking for input on ways to improve the multi-modal transportation system to create a more complete, connected, safer transportation network for everyone. If you cannot make the meeting scheduled for your neighborhood, feel free to attend any of the sessions.
All meetings will take place in the Transit Center conference room (up stairs) at 250 8th Street.
The meeting schedule follows:
Why do this plan:
Durango was awarded the Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community Award by the League of American Bicyclists, one of the many things we need to do to receive the Gold award is to write and implement a bicycle master plan, we are taking this one step further by including other modes of transportation, and focusing on implementation versus policy. Another reason we are embarking on this is to ensure we can improve the quality of life for all of the residents and visitors of Durango, Places that are friendly to all mode users provide a much higher quality of life than those that are focused primarily on the automobile.
When will it be completed? Our goal is to have the completed plan in front of City Council for approval by the SUMMER of 2010.
Time line: Background research, audit existing conditions ♦ Summer 2009 Data collection ♦ Fall 2009 Draft Plan ♦ Spring 2010 Final Plan ♦ Summer 2010
Public Process:
Neighborhood Meetings (7) Throughout October > Three Springs - Mercy > South Durango > Downtown > 160 West > Crestview, North Durango > Hillcrest, Sky Ridge > Animas City, Riverview
Public Meetings > Early November > Winter – Draft Plan >Spring – Draft Plan before Council > Summer – Final Plan Presentation
When are the public meetings?
The public meetings will start in Octoberand will continue through plan approval. We will have one public meeting a month, and will also be conducting Neighborhood meetings to ensure we obtain the level of detailed information we are looking for.
Neighborhood Meetings (7) Throughout October
Public Meetings
If you are interested in submitting input but cannot make a meeting please contact Amber Blake to schedule a meeting or give your comments over E-mail.
