Kronberg: Make your voice known about Highway 82

One thing for certain: For the first time ever in the history of Aspen, no one is disagreeing on a decades-long problem.

Everyone agrees something needs to be done to improve Highway 82 from Brush Creek multimodal-park-and-ride facility to Ruby Park downtown Aspen.

It is time to make your opinion known to the people who matter … the city of Aspen and Jacobs Engineering.

The passing of Referendum 2 focused on the crossing of the Marolt Open Space with the Preferred Alternative/Straight Shot.

Referendum 2 did not address the choke points of the Maroon Creek/Castle Creek roundabout, Buttermilk Ski Area, Lumberyard new 600-bed affordable housing project, or the gridlock in front of the airport and ABC.

You may have written a letter to the editor with your opinion, but the time is now to make that opinion a part of an official legal record.

How to make your opinion a part of an official legal record?

Go to … https://www.aspencommunityvoice.com … There are two (2) parts to fill out.

Part 1:  Questionnaire has seven questions.

Link to questionnaire: https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/bfb849715b30410495e169a3afcb6b42

Part 2:  Interactive web map. Use this map to identify issues and needs on Highway 82 corridor.

Link to Interactive web map: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/fe2fb1a983d84c549128b57c0cffae30?draft=true.

Link to AspenCommunityVoice.com: https://www.aspencommunityvoice.com/highway-82-west-aspen-transportation-needs-study.

The time is now to make your opinion part of an official legal record to fix the gridlock from Brush Creek multimodal Park & Ride to Rubey Park downtown Aspen.

If you don’t make your opinion known now about what the issues are, you may as well stop writing letters to the editor. The Aspen Times editor has only so many God-like powers — fixing the gridlock of Highway 82 is way above their pay scale.

Toni Kronberg

Aspen