Traffic in and out of Aspen has long been a conversation affecting our local workforce, businesses and their customers, and visitors to the region. The Aspen City Council is in continuing discussions regarding Highway 82's traffic configuration and the lifeline of the Castle Creek Bridge.
Public Affairs Focus Areas
Entrance to Aspen
PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY
The Castle Creek Project team has provided the following information regarding a public comment opportunity on August 12, 2024 on the next stage of the discussion regarding the approach to Aspen from the roundabout to Main Street:
The Aspen City Council will host public comment during the Castle Creek Bridge work session on August 12, which is the second of two work sessions following up on questions asked by Council earlier this year related to the Entrance to Aspen.
Allowing public comment during a work session is unusual. We know that this is an important community matter, and in order for everyone to be heard, the Mayor has implemented the following procedures:
-The overall public comment for the meeting will be limited to 90 minutes and will be limited to those in the room. No online public comment will be taken.
-Public comment is limited to 2 minutes each per person.
-Each individual person may only speak once.
-During the public invited to be heard, participants may not read an absent person's opinion into the record.
-A sign-up sheet will be available at 3:30pm.
When: August 12, 2024, at 4 p.m.
Where: Aspen City Hall, 427 Rio Grande Place, Aspen.
On behalf of ACRA's membership and Public Affairs Committee, ACRA has submitted a letter for public comment to the Aspen City Council summarizing business sentiment regarding the Castle Creek Bridge, and providing data on the commuter experience of our workforce. See the letter in the link below.
Entrance to Aspen Record of Decision
The Colorado Department of Transportation produced a record of decision in 1998 regarding improvements to the entrance to Aspen. See their full resource page here.
2024 Jacobs Engineering Reports
In April of 2024, Jacobs Engineering presented results of the following studies to City Council:
- Feasibility Study for Rehabilitation or Replacement of Bridge in Place
- Feasibility Study for S-Curves Softening
- NEPA Options and Implications
Following the presentation from Jacobs Engineering on April 15, Council requested additional information on items listed as follows:
- Alternatives Footprint Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis
- Funding and Financial Assessment
- Traffic Model Development for Alternatives and Construction Phasing
- S-Curve Refinement – 15% Conceptual Plans and Cost Estimate,
- Analysis of Removal of Pedestrian Route on CCB
- Economic Impact Analysis
See all reports here.
City of Aspen voting record
Elements of the Record of Decision have gone before Aspen voters numerous times. See the City of Aspen's summary here.
2017 Upper Valley Mobility Study
The Aspen Institute led the charge to open up a mobility conversation in 2017. See the full report here.
Castle Creek Bridge Outreach
In 2023 the City of Aspen collected feedback during an outreach campaign informing the public of the lifespan of the Castle Creek Bridge. You can see a summary of the information and feedback here.
Castle Creek Bridge Feasibility Study
On direction of Aspen City Council, Jacobs Engineering independently evaluated the existing Castle Creek Bridge during the last week of November to help identify critical issues that the community and Council requested in 2023. The consulting team is evaluating the feasibility of either rehabilitating or replacing the State Highway 82 (SH 82) bridge over Castle Creek and Power Plant Road. The full feasibility assessment is available here.
You can watch the full presentation from Jacobs Engineering to Aspen City Council below.
Entrance to Aspen in the News
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