Brighton developing transportation master plan

Resident opinions sought via community survey

Brighton is beginning development of a citywide Bicycle, Pedestrian and Multimodal Transportation Master Plan, starting with public comments.

e city is gathering public comments online through April 7. Residents can log on to an editable map (https://rb.gy/sotmd5) and a community survey (https://rb.gy/ oee0n4) to get their opinions to the city.

is plan will envision the future pedestrian and bicycle network, ad- vancing Brighton toward becoming a more comfortable and welcoming place for people walking, rolling, and biking. e Bicycle, Pedestrian and Multimodal Transportation Master Plan will guide the City on how and where to strategically make improvements and address gaps in the places people walk and bike, incorporating public input, stakeholder input, and national best practices in bicycle and pedestrian planning and design. is new plan updates the active transportation vision included in the City’s Transportation Master Plan.

Goals and anticipated project outcomes of the plan include creating a vision and goals for a walkable, bikeable, and multimodal Brighton, currently posted with a 20-mile-perhour speed limit. a map of priority bicycle and pedestrian corridors, with bicycle facility types identi ed as well as strategies and performance measures to guide planning, funding, and implementation of projects. ose strategies will also address bicycle, pedestrian, and multimodal education within community, school district, and City of Brighton departments. e plan should also create recommendations for more e cient uses of existing public right-of-way with regard to providing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and a capital improvement plan, a bike share/ bike library feasibility analysis and potential new trailhead locations. e goal is for Brighton to achieve a higher designation than the current “Bicycle Friendly Community

- Honorable Mention” by the League of American Bicyclists e project is expected to be completed by August 2023, with two chances to provide input - early on as part of the visioning and later following development of a draft plan. Other groups, representatives from the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, Bike Brighton, 27J Schools, RTD, Brighton sta and parks maintenance sta , will be part of the process, too. Information will also be available during the Full Moon Bike Ride on April 4 and the Bike Brighton booth at Brighton Summerfest on June 3 For more information, please visit ornton and Westminster, have the same 25-miles-per-hour limit. Boulder is the only neighboring community with a slower limit, 20 miles per hour, Montoya said.

“Obviously this is not an end all, do all solution but rest assured we will be working on other parts as well,” Councilor Ann Taddeo said.

But the change was not universally popular. Tom Kendall, of 283 Longspur Drive was concerned it would increase the speed limit on his street, which is

Montoya said the change will not impact larger streets, such as Bromley Lane and Bridge Street. It won’t increase speed limits on areas that are already posted as 25 miles per hour or less, Montoya said.

“If something is posted at 20, is designed for 20 it will be regulated as 20. We won’t change those speeds,” Montoya said.

Still, Kendall said the change is not necessary. Better tra c signs are.

“We have streets in our neighborhood marked on one end, but we have all these feeder streets coming in and the speed is not marked there,”

Kendall said. “ ey have no idea what the speed limit is there, and they think they can do whatever they want on the street.”

Montoya said the new change does include plans to upgrade speed limit signs around the city.

Councilor Matt Johnston, the sole no-vote on the matter, said he does not think the change will help make the city safer.

“I don’t like to do things that just make us feel better and like we’re doing something. It does not always work that way,” Johnston said.

Johnston said other things, like better speed limit signs and more police trafc patrols, would have a bigger impact.

Speed limit signs in Brighton’s residential neighborhoods could be getting updated with lower speed limits. Councilors approved their final reading of a plan to drop residential speed limits from 30 miles-per-hour to 25 at their March 7 meeting. PHOTO BY milestone for Amprius,” said Dr. Kang Sun, Chief Executive O cer of Amprius Technologies. “We worked closely with the State of Colorado, the Colorado Economic Development Commission, Adams County, and the City of Brighton to align on terms that are mutually bene cial, which includes a comprehensive incentive proposal.”

Amprius also selected the Brighton, Colorado location because of its potential to streamline time-to-market and support e ective customer ful llment. e site’s size, its proximity to essential materials, the transportation structure and the electric power and structural layout are expected to help reduce build-out costs as well as logistical and operational costs. Additional acreage at the site also has the potential to enable future expansions for a total potential manufacturing capacity of 10 GWh. e rst phase of the expansion is expected to create 332 net new jobs in Brighton with an average annual wage of $68,516.

Amprius plans to invest $190 million, including a $50 million cost-sharing grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s O ce of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, to provide a potential capacity of up to 5 gigawatt hours . at’s part of a cost-sharing demonstration grant from Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support domestic battery production.

Brighton also stepped up to lure the company in, o ering a ve-year rebate of all property taxes the city would collect — about $85,000 per year. e city also agreed to rebate half of the use tax that would be paid on construction materials for the site’s renovation.

In all, Brighton Communications Director Kristen Chernosky said the city’s incentives add up to about $929,050.

“Brighton City Council and the City of Brighton leadership team are excited to welcome Amprius Technologies Inc. to our community,” said Robin Martinez, president and CEO of the Brighton Economic Development Corporation. “We have a highly-skilled workforce and a collaborative regional approach to attracting and supporting new and existing companies in Brighton.” e Adams County Board of County Commissioners is also scheduled to consider an economic development incentive agreement at a March 14 public meeting.

“We are happy to welcome Amprius to Adams County and look forward to a continued partnership as they grow and develop their innovative battery technology right here in Brighton,” Board Chair Steve O’Dorisio said. “ e jobs they create will not only bene t our current local residents but also help to expand future career paths in the renewable energy sector.”

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