Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) recently sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg supporting the City of Greeley’s application for a $25 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant for the Greeley Regional Interchange Project (GRIP).
GRIP would make improvements to U.S. Highway 34 to increase safety and regional accessibility. Improvements include providing safer bike and pedestrian crossings and removing certain traffic signals and bike and pedestrian crossings. It also would authorize future transit services between Greeley, Loveland, and Fort Collins.
Greeley officials believe the project has the potential to reduce car accidents by nearly 80 percent.
“Colorado’s tremendous growth and economic development have highlighted the need to improve the safety, efficiency, and accessibility of roads and highways in the state,” Buck said. “I’m particularly concerned about the intersection of U.S. Highway 34 and 35th Avenue, where most of the city’s car accidents take place. GRIP would change the intersection from a four-way traffic light to an overpass and provide safer bike and pedestrian crossings. I urge Secretary Buttigieg to consider the City of Greeley’s grant application and GRIP’s importance to the people of Northeast Colorado.”
Approximately 34,000 cars travel daily through the U.S. Highway 34 and 35th Avenue intersection in Greeley.