Dear Editor,I wanted to alert you and your readers of a likely change to State Highway 94, a change that would make travel on that road more congested and more dangerous.El Paso County has asked that a 10-mile section of Highway 94, from Colorado Springs to Ellicott, be reclassified to allow more driveways and intersections along the road. This would make the area more attractive to commercial development, which is needed near Schriever AFB. But unless access to the road is carefully planned, the change will also result in many more people making turns on and off the highway, increasing the already high likelihood of accidents.The Community Advisory Council to the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments (I am the 1st vice-chair of the CAC) asked that this reclassification be delayed until after an access management plan is developed that addresses the needs of all people who use the highway. El Paso County has pushed ahead with wanting reclassification now, with a plan of some sort promised for the future.If you believe as I do that the safety of the people who use Highway 94 and its future as an efficient route across El Paso County is important, please ask the Transportation Commission to delay this change until AFTER an access management plan is developed. You can e-mail comments to Teresa.Lawser@cdot.state.co.us, mail them to her at CDOT, 4201 East Arkansas, Denver CO 80222, or best of all deliver your comments in person at the public hearing at 1:30 on Wednesday March 31, in room 225 of the CDOT Building, 4201 East Arkansas, Denver.Tom MowleColorado SpringsEl Paso County Public Trustee719-520-6787 (w)719-216-3932 (c)
