Through this plan and associated intergovernmental agreement, the city and county have worked collaboratively to achieve shared goals over the last 50 years. Looking towards the future, this valuable partnership will continue to be essential to the future success of managing environments that do not recognize boundary lines between entities and planning for the movement of wildlife, people and goods that are in constant motion. The city and county work together with the following major partners to achieve regional and statewide goals:
- State of Colorado
- University of Colorado
- Regional Transportation District
- Colorado Department of Transportation
- Denver Regional Council of Governments
- Boulder Valley School District
- Boulder County Regional Housing Partnership
Mountain bikers on a trail on Marshall Mesa, connecting the Town of Superior to the Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks system.
Regional Connections
Proposed regional connections represent important links for the future of the Boulder Valley. These planned or desired connections represent a commitment to collaboration between agencies involved in comprehensive planning in the Boulder Valley. Planned connections have been developed at least to a minimum level of preliminary conceptual design or community discussion, while desired connections remain at the vision stage. They are used by the city and the county to advance regional roadway, transit, multimodal and trail connectivity that public agencies hope to provide in the future.
The city and county continue to support and collaborate on the realization of the following regional mobility enhancements which are formally recognized within this major update:
- Northwest Rail/Front Range Passenger Rail
- CO 119 Mobility Improvements
- CO 7 Mobility Improvements
- US 36 Boulder to Lyons Safety Improvements
- South Boulder Road Mobility Improvements
- CO 93 Mobility Improvements
The following planned and desired regional trail connections describe a general direction for potential connecting trails. In most cases, specific alignments or trail corridors have not yet been selected; however, the concept for the trail connection itself is supported by the city and county.
- Joder Ranch to Heil Ranch
- Boulder to Lyons
- Boulder Reservoir to Niwot Road
- Boulder to Erie Regional Trail (BERT)
- East Boulder Trail
- Boulder to Lafayette/Louisville
- Western Connection
- Boulder Creek to Betasso
