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Volume 17 Issue 5 September 16, 1994
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The Metropolffan/Andy Cross
Accident prompts review Christopher Anderson Staff Writer The possibility of overpasses and underpasses crossing Speer Boulevard on the north side of Auraria Campus is in the hands of the Denver Public Works Department. However, support from the Auraria Higher Education Center is needed. "I have asked Public Works to look into the possibility of some kind of pedestrian walkway across Speer," Mayor Wellington Webb said. "Some people have mentioned overpasses or underpasses." Webb said he has assigned the. task to Richard Brasher, executive deputy manager of the Denver Public Works Department. Denver City Council President Deborah Ortega will
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also be asking Public Works to come up with a solution. Ortega said she will draft a letter to the department, asking them to look into the pedestrian safety concerns and whether or not the city will support some kind of pedestrian crossing - underground or overground. Funding will ultimately decide the fate of the pedestrian crossways, Ortega said. "We can all look at this issue, but the key is whether there is going to be money in the Public Works budget that can be earmarked for this, and whether Auraria Higher Education is willing to put some money on the table as well," Ortega said. Brasher also recognized problems with funding. "We can put a man on the moon, but do we want to pay for it?" Brasher said. AHEC will have to play an active role in getting the
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walkways. Brasher wants to meet with AHEC to discuss reso1utions to the dangers of S p e e r Boulevard. "I hope we can make this a partnership with the campus," B rasher said.
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