Letter to Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation - Buck Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter in Support of Crystal Valley Interchange Project

Letter

Dear Secretary Buttigieg,

We write to support the Crystal Valley Parkway Interchange Construction Project for consideration in the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) FY 2022 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program. This is an important infrastructure project that is integral to DOT's efforts to modernize Interstate 25 in the greater Denver metropolitan area. It will provide much-needed traffic flow and safety upgrades to the I-25 corridor running through Castle Rock, Colorado, a vibrant and growing suburb south of Denver.

Officials from the Town of Castle Rock and Douglas County have worked collaboratively with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to modernize the Crystal Valley Parkway Interchange to reduce traffic backups, address dangerous frontage road conditions, and overhaul currently unguarded railroad crossings abutting the intersection. This project only continues to grow in importance as Colorado's Front Range, especially the Castle Rock region, experiences exponential growth and greater use of the I-25 corridor by motorists. The town's population growth has exploded 145% over the past twenty years and the number of households has grown 126% over that same time. In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau recognized Denver and its suburbs as the area with the 11th largest population increase in the past decade, highlighting the urgent need to upgrade an increasingly congested and dangerous intersection on Colorado's most important thoroughfare.

This critical infrastructure project will address growing local traffic safety concerns on one of the busiest interstates in America. Specifically, the Crystal Valley Interchange project will combine robust local and private investment to upgrade and enhance safety, relieve backups onto I-25, and reduce costly delays for motorists and shipping interests.

We request that you give full and fair consideration to the Crystal Valley Interchange project. Thank you in advance for your consideration.

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