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As a result, southbound traffic coming off I-70 no longer would be able to turn onto Dillon Dam Road, and would instead turn right onto Lusher Court and into the roundabout. It also would move the traffic signal from the Lusher-Dillon Dam intersection to north of the eastbound on-ramp.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re designing for that Saturday afternoon peak period where we get really heavy traffic,\u201d Lang said. \u201cBut what this also does is eliminates the need in the off peak periods for vehicles to have to sit through signals. \u2026 By making these all right turn only and roundabouts, you reduce a lot of that delay.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lang said the design is conceptual and that there would be opportunities to continue to optimize the plan to minimize potential impacts to things like parking. He noted one of the benefits of the design is that it could be implemented in phases, with the two-lane off-ramp coming sooner to address existing backups and adding the frontage road bypass as traffic grows.<\/p>\n
Lang also discussed plans for an eastbound auxiliary lane on I-70 from Frisco to Exit 205 in Silverthorne. He said that adding the additional lane would create considerable improvements to the level of service and safety on the roadway.<\/p>\n
The town council discussed the plans relatively sparingly but asked Lang and CDOT to consider other opportunities during construction, like the creation of wildlife safe passages on I-70, and to take potential impacts from new and growing technologies like autonomous and electric vehicles into their plans.<\/p>\n
Otherwise, feedback was positive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe evolution of the plans seem to have gotten us to a much better place than where you all started,\u201d council member Andrew Aerenson said. \u201cBut the part that wasn\u2019t mentioned that\u2019s also another benefit is the connectivity of east and west Frisco. \u2026 That looks like a great solution to a real problem at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officials are hoping to finish final designs sometime next year and start construction in 2022.<\/p>\n
But funding remains a question mark.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation with the funding right now is we don\u2019t have the $20 million that we thought we did,\u201d said Grant Anderson, CDOT\u2019s resident engineer for the region. \u201cIt\u2019s coming from bonds \u2026 but they\u2019re not probably going to go forward. But we are going to continue design of that project to have it shovel ready in the event that funding situation changes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officials are planning to host a virtual open house later this month for members of the public to learn more about the project.<\/p>\n