In addition to the new access road, Stutzman said, the project includes an additional lane on State Highway 14 for safer entry into the park. Impact on canyon traffic should be minimal, Stutzman said. Gateway Park is scheduled to open to the public in the summer of 2001. The park is the site of the city's old water treatment plant on the North Fork of the Poudre. Plans for future use include a put-in point for kayakers and commercial rafting companies.
Plans also call for a handicapped fishing area at one of the ponds.