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comments open from April 9 until April 28

West Corridor construction will close traffic lanes on the following roadways:

Monday, April 12 – Friday, April 16
The right hand eastbound lane of 6th Avenue between Indiana and Simms/Union will close from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 12, through Friday, April 16.

Wednesday, April 14 – Thursday, April 15
The off-ramp from westbound 6th Avenue to Union/Simms will be closed from 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, until 1:00 a.m. Thursday, April 15.

Thursday, April 15 – Friday, April 16
The on-ramp from Indiana to westbound 6th Avenue will close from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 15, and Friday, April 16.

Friday, April 16 – Monday, April 19
Umatilla Street just north of 13th Avenue will close from 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 16m until 8:00 a.m. Monday, April 19. All southbound lanes and the left hand lane of northbound Federal Boulevard will close at 9:00 p.m. on Friday, April 16, and remain closed until Monday, April 19, at 5:30 a.m.

Scheduled dates are subject to change and are weather dependent. While it’s not anticipated to have crews in the area continuously from now until completion of construction, the phasing of future activities will require crews to be moving in and out from now until West Corridor light rail construction is completed in late 2012.

For complete up-to-date information on upcoming construction activities, access the Construction Information Page for the West Corridor on the FasTracks Web site. For questions or additional construction information please contact Kathy Berumen, Denver Transit Construction group at 303-626-6762.

And don't forget about the parking closures at the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility due to the construction starting on campus. Read the full press release. for all of the details.

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comments open from April 8 until April 27

About 95 percent of the 1,319 unincorporated Jefferson County residents who responded to the county’s 2010 Citizen Survey rated Jeffco as an “excellent” or “good” place to live, up 5 percent from the 2004 survey, according to the final results report from National Research Center (NRC), of Boulder.

About 45 percent of the 3,000 households in unincorporated Jefferson County that received the survey responded to it. NRC, which conducted the survey for $24,700 for the county, usually sees a 25 percent to 40 percent response rate. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percent.

The survey was mailed in January and closed in February. The county conducted its last citizen survey in 2004.

The survey questionnaire was limited to five pages and asked a variety of standardized questions, as well as open-ended and close-ended questions. Questions measured perceptions of the quality of life, and county services and customer service in Jefferson County. The county plans to use the report for short-term and long-term strategic planning and communications.

"This survey is tremendously helpful to the commissioners in making decisions about our county," said Commissioner Kathy Hartman, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. "We will work hard to maintain the quality of life our citizens have affirmed they enjoy, while working to improve in areas such as citizen involvement. With citizen involvement, we can build an even better county."

To view the notable results, full report or to take the online survey, see the full release.