Coalton Trailhead, Meadowlark Trail now open
Mar 10th
Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Transportation and Parks and Open Space departments, along with the Town of Superior, have announced that the Coalton Trailhead and the new Meadowlark Trail at McCaslin Boulevard and Coalton Road are now open.
The Coalton Trailhead, located at the new roundabout intersection of McCaslin and Coalton in Superior, provides access to the Coalton Trail and the new Meadowlark Trail, which runs parallel to McCaslin Boulevard. Map.
Trailhead and parking lot amenities are still under construction, and are due to be completed this spring. A public ribbon-cutting ceremony at the trailhead will take place on Thursday, June 2 at 3 p.m.
Planned amenities for the two-acre area include a shelter with two picnic tables, restrooms, bike racks, trash cans, a dog station, and an information kiosk. The parking lot will accommodate 27 cars, two handicapped spaces and three horse trailers, one with horse hitching rails. The finished trailhead will also have native varieties of trees, shrubs and grasses.
The new 2.7-mile, multi-use Meadowlark Trail extends from the Coalton Trail at its south end to the Mayhoffer-Singletree Trail at the north end. This trail extension completes an approximately 10-mile loop that includes the City of Boulder’s Greenbelt Plateau, and Community Ditch and Cowdrey Draw trails that now connect to the Town of Superior and Boulder County trails. The project area includes the former route of the Morgul-Bismarck Loop of the Coors International Bicycle Classic from the 1980s. This new trail also provides a highly anticipated link to the City of Boulder’s Marshall-Mesa trails, and the county’s Rock Creek and Coal Creek trail systems.
Funding for the improved intersection, trailhead, and multiple phases of the trail system has come from the Boulder County Transportation Improvements sales tax, federal transportation funds distributed through the Denver Regional Council of Governments’ Transportation Improvement Program, and the Town of Superior. Planning was a joint effort of the county’s Transportation and Parks and Open Space departments.
The majority of the land provided for the trailhead and trails is Boulder County Open Space property purchased with Parks and Open Space sales tax funding, with additional parcels provided by Superior.
Boulder police officers and department employees to be recognized for service excellence at March 10 ceremony
Mar 10th
Nearly 40 Boulder Police Department officers and employees will be recognized for their outstanding service to the community this Thursday, March 10, 2011.
The ceremony will be held at the Boulder Police Department, 1805 33rd Street starting at 3:30 p.m.
Two officers will receive a Medal for Lifesaving award for rescuing a 5-year-old girl who was trapped in a house fire. The officers arrived before the Boulder Fire Department and were told that a child was still inside. It took two attempts to search the house which was thick with smoke, but the officers found the little girl asleep on the couch and were able to carry her to the safety of her waiting family.
Officers and employees will also receive Awards for Excellence and the Chief’s Certificate of Commendation. Along with the department’s crime analyst, a number of detectives and officers were able to solve more than 60 residential burglaries after identifying a pattern and conducting surveillance that allowed them to apprehend the two suspects who were responsible. The complete list follows:
Medal for Lifesaving
· Officer Brent Biekert
· Officer Kristin Weisbach
Award for Excellence
· Detective Craig Beckjord
· Officer Joel Burick
· Sergeant Greg LeFebre
· Analyst Mel Rhamey
· System Administrator Dave Ritchey
Chief’s Commendation
· Master Police Officer Mark Bliley
· Officer Sterling Ekwo
· Officer Michael Marquez
· Officer Ryan McAuley
· Officer Mark Niedzielski
· Officer Jenny Paddock
· Detective Scott Sloan
Unit Citation
· PTO Program (the department’s officer training program)
Boulder Fire Department investigates fire at downtown restaurant
Mar 10th
Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire that happened at Oak at Fourteenth Restaurant, 1400 Pearl Street, late this morning. Investigators believe the fire started inside the restaurant, then spread to other areas of the two-story building. The fire did not spread to adjacent businesses and no one inside the building was injured.
It happened around 10:34 a.m. Pedestrian traffic was shut down on Pearl Street between 14th and 16th Streets while firefighters were on-scene, and 14th Street between Spruce and Walnut was closed to vehicular traffic. The street is open now.
Damage estimates are not available yet.
