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WEEK OF JUNE 20, 2024
VOLUME 65 | ISSUE 31
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Morrison fine-tunes its main street safety plans Project funded largely by state could enhance crosswalks and pedestrian safety while improving traffic flow
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BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Morrison is a victim of its own popularity and is taking a multi-pronged approach to keeping its increasingly busy main street as safe as possible. It got one step closer to that goal during a June 5 community meeting on the Morrison Main Street Revitalization Project. About 10,000 vehicles a day pass through downtown Morrison and double that in peak times. Police say recently installed speed cameras are one tool for slowing drivers and improving safety for residents and visitors. Making changes along Bear Creek Avenue is another, project team members said. The project provides about $530,000 in Colorado Department of Transportation and town funds to design and build improved pedestrian crossings at the South Park Av-
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Morrison planning commissioner Shari Raymond (left) looks at one of the proposals PHOTO BY JANE REUTER for enhancing Bear Creek Avenue, with consultant Janine White.
enue, Mill Street, and Market Street intersections. The town also wants to remove a traffic light at South Park Avenue that planners say adds to congestion, and replace it with a more efficient pedestrian-activated flashing light. The project also proposed an entryway LED light for
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event promotion. Consultants said the challenges on Bear Creek Avenue are multi-layered, including conflicts with pedestrians, cyclists, emergency response teams and delivery drivers, poor sigSEE SAFETY, P2
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