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Sign our South Golden Road Petition
Contact us: southgoldenunited@gmail.com
Contact us: southgoldenunited@gmail.com
South Golden Road (aka South Golden Speedway) has become a loud, fast, congested, and dangerous road in our community. With significant planned growth, these issues will worsen. Our group is advocating for the section of South Golden Road between the Johnson Road roundabout to be changed to make it:
SLOWER, QUIETER, MORE ACCESSIBLE & SAFER
SLOWER, QUIETER, MORE ACCESSIBLE & SAFER
For November and December 2026, our focus is on asking City Council to...
Include designated, immediately available funding in the 2027-2028 budget for initial infrastructure planning
Include designated, immediately available funding in the 2027-2028 budget for initial infrastructure planning
*The petition website asks for a donation that is *not* only a donation to the petition website, not SGNU.
There is a color version and a black & white version of the same flyer.
Specifically, we ask that the City of Golden:
Specifically, we ask that the City of Golden:
Immediately change the speed limit to 25 mph, followed by a publicity campaign & then enforcement.
Within 6 months, before May 2027, begin a design process for this section of road that includes a public input process.
Prioritize funding for needed infrastructure changes.
Designed for speed: This stretch of South Golden Road has one of the city's highest speed limits & 50% of cars still exceed it. East & west of this section, traffic calming infrastructure has been installed, and speed limits have been lowered to 25 mph.
South Golden Road is the only entrance to the city without traffic calming or speed-reducing measures. The posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour is among the highest in the city. Drivers frequently exceed the posted speed because the road is an open straightaway between the roundabouts. This section should be designed for 25 mph, consistent with the road to the north and south of the section.
Noise from South Golden Road comes from vehicles moving at relatively high speeds, drivers accelerating after the roundabouts into the straightaway, and people intentionally revving vehicles, often motorcycles, in order to produce sounds.
Due to high speeds and a lack of crosswalks, this section of road through our community is dangerous for anyone not in a car or truck, including walkers and bicyclists. This is especially relevant given Golden High School's proximity. If you want to use public transportation, you have to either walk out of your way to cross the road or run across it without a crosswalk.
Inconsistent infrastructure, combined with 778 new residences, means South Golden Speedway is on track to get WORSE in the next few years.
Inconsistent infrastructure, combined with 778 new residences, means South Golden Speedway is on track to get WORSE in the next few years.
This Pleasantview apartment complex is currently under construction. It will include 353 new residences and 20,000 square feet of retail.
Located on 41 acres just north of this section of South Golden Road and bounded on three sides by the golf course, this development will include another 378 new residences. Construction on this housing development is slated to begin in 2028.
On 16 Street, across from Ulyssus Park, 47 affordable townhomes are being planned on the site that was formerly Golden's Church of the Nazarene.
Multiple changes are adding urgency to this issue.
Multiple changes are adding urgency to this issue.
E-bikes are everywhere
E-bikes are everywhere
E-bikes, with single riders & transporting children, need to be protected.
Noise from sports bikes
Noise from sports bikes
Sports bike (aka crotch rocket) sales have increased by 71% over the past 5 years. This are typically loud when accelerating.
Fewer trees blocking effects
Fewer trees blocking effects
Cultural norms for speeding
Cultural norms for speeding
A 2026 AAA study shows that 69% of Coloradans now say they speed on local highways at least some of the time.
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