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6th Street

The 6th Street Corridor Complete Street Improvement project will convert the existing five vehicular travel lanes into a two-way Complete Street with two vehicle travel lanes, parallel parking lanes, 8-feet wide walkways, tree and landscaping areas, and an 8-feet wide, two-way separated bike lane. By advancing the community-driven 6th Street master plan, we can better activate our historic Main Street, strengthen the link between two major regional trails, encourage reduced pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, foster sustainable economic development and resiliency for small businesses north of the river, and create a more welcoming space for all.

27th Street Pedestrian Underpasses Project (RFTA)

The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) 27th Street Project is located on CO HWY 82 and the intersection of RFTA 27th street station, in Glenwood Springs. The project includes traffic impacts in Glenwood Springs, reconfiguration of the Rio Grande Trail, drainage improvements and construction of two underpasses under 27th St and CO HWY 82.

Blake Avenue

Confluence Redevelopment

The Confluence is located adjacent to Glenwood Springs’ historic downtown, the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers, local and regional trail systems, and schools. The area comprises a number of underutilized properties, including the former site of the city’s wastewater plant and a number of surface parking lots. It also includes a portion of the Vogelaar Park area.

Downtown Design Standard Overlay

Downtown Parking Program

The City is investigating how to optimize parking in downtown Glenwood Springs. This follows the completion of the MOVE study which included several preliminary recommendations for managed parking and many community conversations over the years about the challenges of downtown parking.

Emergency Preparedness and Planning

This page includes community information about emergency planning efforts in Glenwood Springs and tools to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies and disaster events.

Glenwood Meadows Roadway Rebuild

North Landing

Immediately adjacent to the pedestrian bridge, North Landing is a 16,300 square foot area (.37 acres) that was the former landing of the old vehicular Grand Avenue Bridge on 6th Street. To serve as a gathering space for North Glenwood residents and visitors, this city-owned space can be converted, in whole or in part, to a public park and plaza . This new space will be at the crossroad of major pedestrian and bicycle routes which connect the 6th Street corridor with the Glenwood Canyon Trail and downtown.

Pay as You Throw

The “Pay As You Throw” trash and recycling collection program will be a city-wide program for single-family residences and multi-family units of seven or less. Collection cost is based on how much you recycle and how much you throw away. The less you waste, the less you'll pay. The core goals of this program are to reduce truck traffic on our streets, increase correct recycling, reduce the number of recyclables being thrown away, and incentivize overall waste reduction.

Red Mountain North

Sayre Park

The City’s Parks and Recreation Department has recently launched the “Sayre Park Master Plan” effort to evaluate potential Sayre Park improvements to meet current park use demands and anticipate the future needs of the community.

South Bridge

The purpose of the South Bridge Project is to provide a critical second access between SH 82 and the western side of the Roaring Fork River in the south Glenwood Springs area. This new route would improve emergency evacuation, emergency service access, and local land use access.

South Canyon Management Plan

Located west of Glenwood Springs, South Canyon is an area of City-owned land with approximately 3,000 acres of designated parkland. This public land encompasses the City landfill, a shooting range, and unmanaged open space. South Canyon is the site of a set of undeveloped hot springs pools (a.k.a. the “Hippy Hot Springs”) where locals venture despite potential health risks. The City also has concerns about illegal camping and potential fire hazards in the canyon.

Strategic Housing Plan Update

The Strategic Housing Plan is a planning document that provides housing and demographic data and possible strategies to increase the availability of affordable housing in Glenwood Springs. City staff would work toward implementation of the top priority strategies within a year of completion of the planning effort.

Transit Expansion Study

The City of Glenwood Springs is conducting a Transit Expansion Study on Ride Glenwood’s bus system. The study will look for new ways to improve service, such as additional service hours, routes, and bus stops, and potentially new and innovative ways to provide service.

Transportation Demand Management

The City is working to develop a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plan in coordination with citizens and businesses. The core TDM Plan goal is to reduce single-occupancy auto trips in town by maximizing traveler choices. This can be accomplished by improving mobility options and infrastructure (transit, biking, walking, ride-sharing), providing incentives, information, and/or policy changes to encourage and help individuals modify their travel behavior. The TDM plan would work to reduce overall costs across the system, cost of highway closures and any potential needs for capacity or safety improvements, costs of accidents, and commuting costs