FALLS CREEK: The U.S. Forest Service intends to forge ahead with a plan to chip and seal Falls Creek Road and convey an easement to La Plata County.
Deputy Regional Forester Greg Griffith has signed a decision notice and finding of "no significant impact" for the Falls Creek improvement project. An environmental assessment also has been completed, the San Juan Public Lands Center announced.
Falls Creek Road provides access to several private subdivisions and the national forest. The road receives average daily traffic that exceeds its carrying capacity and driving conditions on this segment of road are becoming unsafe, the Public Lands Center said. Use of the road is expected to increase with growth.
A year ago a group of residents along Falls Creek Road objected to Forest Service plans because they said they had not been properly notified of the environmental assessment. And they said the assessment did not properly address affects on wildlife or the area's archaeological remnants.
While the Forest Service's finding is subject to appeal, work is schedule to begin this summer with the county contributing labor and equipment and the Forest Service and Falls Creek Ranch providing the funding.
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