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Jacob Smith is afraid the road to nowhere may be coming his way.
Last month, we told you about Golden mayor Jacob Smith's
opposition to the Jefferson Parkway, a project he described as a
"weird, disconnected road to nowhere."  Nonetheless, the Denver
Regional Council of Governments, popularly known as DRCOG,
officially made the parkway part of its long-range
transportation plan at a meeting last night.  Golden is
currently deciding whether to mount a legal challenge to stop
the parkway, Smith says, and he believes other communities "that
are severely impacted by the decision," as well as a number of
environmental groups, are likely considering lawsuits, too. In
his opinion, DRCOG is legally vulnerable "because the decision
last night doesn't follow the law."  How so?  "DRCOG's board can
only adopt a transportation plan that is fiscally constrained,
which means there's a reasonable like