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Dillon is pushing ahead with plans to introduce a new paid parking model for individuals hoping to leave their cars in town-owned lots overnight, a move intended to help to address issues in the lots and provide a revenue stream to fund infrastructure projects in the future.
Dillon Town Council held a conversation on the topic during a regular work session meeting with staff Tuesday, May 4, and voiced a desire to move forward with some kind of permitting system in the town’s overnight parking lots.
“We’ve been talking about parking issues regularly for decades,” council member Brad Bailey said. “We will continue to talk about parking for decades as we continue to grow, and I think we all can be in some agreement that baby steps are kind of how we do this until we build a parking garage at some point. … To me, the overnight parking issue is a good place to start because it just affects the volume of cars that stay in
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Construction on the Colorado Highway 9 Gap Project is expected to resume next week, as the Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor Sema Construction work on a series of improvements on Summit Boulevard and its intersection with Frisco Main Street over the coming months.
Preliminary work kicked off this week with crews lining areas of Summit Boulevard and Main Street with traffic cones. Construction is expected to begin Monday, May 10, and once completed, the roadway will feature a new roundabout at Highway 9 and Eighth Avenue, a new signal at the Main Street intersection, upgraded pedestrian facilities and drainage improvements.
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Frisco officials last week approved a budget amendment that includes about $2.9 million in additional spending, attributing the change primarily to a stronger-than-anticipated finish to 2020 financially.
The Frisco Town Council approved an ordinance to amend the 2021 budget during a regular meeting April 27, and officials plan to funnel the extra funds toward hiring for unfilled positions, capital improvement projects and more. Finance Director Bonnie Moinet presented the recommended expenditures during the meeting, noting that she felt the town would still be left in a strong financial position at the end of the year despite the expanding bottom line.
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Summit County is set to begin construction on a new Frisco Transit Center building this year, and officials are hopeful the building will better facilitate the future growth of ridership in the area and encourage new users to try out the county’s public transportation for the first time.
The county recently completed a request for bids on the second phase of the project. The first phase began in 2019 and has already been completed, according to Summit County Transit Director Chris Lubbers, who characterized the initial phase as the civil engineering side of the project that included new bus shelters, street lights, wayfinding, parking upgrades and new drainage, plumbing and electric infrastructure on site.