Transportation  October 25, 2022

Greeley takeover of U.S. 34, 85 business routes called logical step

GREELEY – No firm proposals are yet on the table, say officials from the city of Greeley and the Colorado Department of Transportation, but they agree that a takeover by the city of some streets now designated as “business routes” for U.S. Highways 34 and 85 would be a move that makes sense.

“We’d call it a jurisdictional transfer of ownership,” Greeley Public Works director Paul Trombino said. “The state has another name for it. They call it ‘devolution.’”

No such action is on Greeley’s radar so far regarding Eighth Avenue as Business Route 85 or West Ninth and 10th streets as…

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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