To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Bryan D. Weimer, Director, Public Works and Development
Prepared By:
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John Svechovsky, Mapping Manager; Candida Velasquez, Public Works and Development
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Subject:
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2023 HUTF Inventory Report
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Purpose and Request:
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To request approval of a Resolution to approve and authorize the Board Chair to sign the 2023 Arapahoe County Road Inventory and Road System Change Report with corresponding road maps for transmittal to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). Public Works and Development staff recommend approval of the requested Resolution. PWD recommends approval of the requested resolution as required by statute and to ensure prompt delivery of Highway Users Trust Fund (HUTF) money to Arapahoe County.
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Background and Discussion: Section 43-2-120 (5) (a-b), C.R.S., requires each county to submit by March 1st, "a map which indicates any changes in the mileage or location of any road within the county system of roads, together with any changes in the surface classification of any roads within the county system which have been made during the calendar year ending on December 31 next preceding." This is to certify to CDOT any changes in the County Road System Inventory from the prior year. All additions and deletions to the County road system are to be reported, as well as any changes in the surface type, surface width, roadway condition, and system designation. This information is used by CDOT to compile information on public roads within the state and is used to determine Arapahoe County's share of the HUTF distribution each month. After prior statutory allocations of HUTF funds are made, in accordance with CRS 43-4-207, sixty percent of HUTF funding is allocated to counties in proportion to the adjusted lane-miles of county roads in each county. Ten percent is allocated in proportion to the surface area of bridge decks and thirty percent in proportion to motor ve...
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