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Vol. 21, No. 210
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Concerned residents and public officials met Tuesday night to discuss this section of U.S. Highway 40 west of Steamboat Springs, which is where Lorna Lou Farrow was struck and killed by a dump truck July 28.
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Correction Steamboat Springs City Councilman Scott Myller voted against adding surcharges to municipal code violations on the first reading of an ordinance to institute the charges. Because of a city recording error, the vote was incorrect in the article “Fine-tuning” on page 1 of Tuesday’s Steamboat Today.
Dangerous U.S. 40 stretch likely won’t see major improvements for a year Jack Weinstein
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As more than 20 community members introduced themselves around a table at the Routt County Courthouse on Tuesday night, many said the same thing about the curved stretch of U.S. Highway 40 near mile marker 127. “It’s scary.” The community members gathered to discuss possible safety measures that could be
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taken on that particular stretch of U.S. 40, which includes accesses to the Steamboat Golf Club, Riverbend Cabins and residences. U.S. Sen. Al White, Colorado Department of Transportation Region Director Weldon Allen, Sheriff Gary Wall and Commissioner Diane Mitsch Bush joined the discussion. The meeting was prompted by the July 28 death of Lorna Lou Farrow, who was struck and killed by a dump truck while checking her mail-
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box along that stretch of U.S. 40. Farrow, 58, co-owned Farrow Repair Service west of Steamboat Springs with her husband, Gary, and brotherin-law, Dusty. A suggestion brought up by several community members was reducing the speed limit in the stretch that Riverbend Cabins resident Steve Lowery called an “acceleration zone.” Allen, who was joined at the meeting by three Department of Transportation colleagues, said the issues regarding the
stretch of U.S. 40 are nothing new to CDOT. He said there are changes that need to be made, but adjusting the speed limit isn’t at the top of his list. “We believe changing the speed limit will not change the problem,” Allen said, citing the habits of local drivers who accelerate through the 55 mph one-mile stretch to reach 65 mph. “We need to focus not on individual things that folks think will alleviate the See U.S. 40, page 20
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