Press Release - Transportation Funding Awarded in Northern Colorado
01 Apr 2011
by: Stan Elmquist, Senior Transportation Planner
CONTACT:
Stan Elmquist, Senior Transportation Planner
selmquist@nfrmpo.org
970-416-2309
Press Release - Transportation Funding Awarded in Northern Colorado
-- For Immediate Release –
Transportation Funding Awarded in Northern Colorado
NFRMPO Planning Council Awards Federal Funds to
Projects in Northern Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado— The North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization (NFRMPO) Planning Council, during its March 3rd meeting held at the Eaton Recreation Center, assigned over $16 million in anticipated federal funding to eighteen (18) regional roadway and transit projects, shown below. The funding covers four upcoming years, from 2012 through 2015.
An official “Call for Projects” from municipal, county, and state agencies began on September 24, 2010. Local governments submitted to the NFRMPO forty-eight (48) applications for projects for region-wide prioritization. These amounted to $61.6 million in requests, competitively seeking the $16.4 million in anticipated funds from the Federal Highway Administration.
Project applicants were expected to cover up to twenty percent of the total cost of each project with local matching funds, if required. In some cases, sponsors committed to providing more than the minimum required match, enabling their projects to receive higher scores. When the sponsors’ local funds are added to the federal funds that were assigned, the estimated total amount to be spent on these eighteen projects is approximately $30.6 million.
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Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvements
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Transfort Compressed Natural Gas Buses
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Fort Collins
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$1,920,000
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Fiber Optic Signal Communications Network
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Greeley
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$3,146,000
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Traffic Signal System Software
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Fort Collins
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$331,000
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FLEX Bus Operations for 3rd Year (2012)
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Loveland
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$787,000
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FLEX Bus Operations on Sundays (2014)
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Loveland
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$130,000
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Weld County Natural Gas Equipment & Vehicles (fleet retrofits/replacements)
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Weld County
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$2,152,000
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Total Federal CMAQ Funds
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$8,465,000
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Surface Transportation Program - Metropolitan
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Larimer County Roads 30 & 31 Intersection Modification
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Larimer County
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$535,000
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US 85 Access Control at 37th Street
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Evans
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$687,000
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US 85 Access Control at 31st Street
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Evans
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$747,000
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Shields Street (LCR 17): Vine to Willox Widening & Bike/Ped Facilities
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Larimer County
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$1,460,000
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College Avenue (US 287): Conifer to Willox Multi-modal Improvements
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Fort Collins
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$1,173,000
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Shields Street & Vine Drive Intersection Modification with Bike/Ped Facilities
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Fort Collins
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$750,000
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10th Street (US 34 Business Rt) Access Control from 35th to 23rd Avenues
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Greeley
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$439,000
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Total Federal STP-Metro Funds
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$5,791,000
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Transportation Enhancement Activities
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Mulberry Street (State Hwy 14) Pedestrian Bridge Relocation at Poudre River
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Fort Collins
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$368,000
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Poudre River Trailhead at Larimer CR 17
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Larimer County
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$388,000
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Sheep Draw Bike/Ped Trail: C Street & 59th Avenue
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Greeley
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$294,000
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Madison Bike/Ped Trail at Greeley-Loveland Canal
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Loveland
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$360,000
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College Avenue (US 287): Conifer to Willox Bike/Ped Facilities and Landscaping
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Fort Collins
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$723,000
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Total Federal TE Funds
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$2.133,000
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Note: Funding amounts in these tables have been rounded to the nearest $1,000
Interdisciplinary experts served on project scoring panels convened by the NFRMPO. They met during the first week of January to rank the projects, following guidelines established by the Council last September. The NFRMPO’s two technical advisory committees reviewed the scores and made some adjustments before recommending to the Council the selections of projects.
After approving the lists of projects noted above, the Council adopted the 2012-2017 version of the NFRMPO’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), including these projects along with a number of other transportation programs and projects across the Fort Collins-Greeley-Loveland region that are set to receive state or federal funding from separate categories of funding. The region encompasses adjacent portions of Larimer and Weld Counties along with ten smaller municipalities.
For additional information about the MPO’s TIP, the Call for Projects process, and the projects listed above (including a four –year phasing plan), please visit:
http://nfrmpo.org/ResourcesDocuments/TransportationImprovement/CFP-Fall2010.aspx. Please contact Stan Elmquist, Senior Transportation Planner, at (970)416-2309 or selmquist@nfrmo.org.
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