CDOT Traffic Advisory

Concrete Repairs Continue on C-470 this Weekend

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTY— Concrete repairs on C-470 between I-25 and Santa Fe Drive will once again take place this weekend and next week. This weekend, crews will work from 8 p.m. on Friday, April 9th to 5 a.m. on Monday, April 12th, weather permitting. During this time, the following closures will be in place on C-470 and major delays are expected:
• Eastbound C-470 between Santa Fe Drive and University Boulevard: One lane of eastbound C-470 will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Major delays are expected and alternate routes are strongly advised.
• Westbound C-470 between Quebec Street and Colorado Boulevard: One lane of westbound C-470 will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Major delays are expected and alternate routes are strongly advised.
• Westbound C-470 to Santa Fe Drive: The ramp from westbound C-470 to Santa Fe Drive will be completely closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday. Detour: Motorists can take South Platte Canyon Road to Mineral Avenue where access to Santa Fe Drive to available.
• Eastbound C-470 to University Boulevard: The ramp from eastbound C-470 to University Boulevard will be completely closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday. Detour: Motorists can take Quebec Street to County Line Road where access to University Boulevard is available.
• Eastbound and Westbound C-470 at University Boulevard: The left lane of eastbound and westbound C-470 will be closed from 8 p.m. Sunday until 5:30 a.m. on Monday.

In addition to the weekend work, the following lane closures will be in place during the week of Monday, April 12th, weather permitting:
• Eastbound and Westbound C-470 at University Boulevard: The left lane of eastbound and westbound C-470 at University Boulevard will be closed on Monday from 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
• Eastbound and Westbound C-470 at Broadway: The left lane of eastbound and westbound C-470 at Broadway will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
• Eastbound and Westbound C-470 at Santa Fe Drive: The left lane of eastbound and westbound C-470 at Santa Fe Drive will be closed on Thursday from 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
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CDOT would like to remind motorists to obey all traffic signs and flaggers and to “Slow for the Cone Zone.” Most fines will be doubled if the infraction occurs in the work zone.

Concrete repairs on the C-470 bike trail will resume this week at Quincy and move east. It will take approximately 11 weeks to complete the work from Quincy Avenue to Quebec Street. During the work, some minor closures or detours may be required. For safety reason, bicyclists will need to dismount from their bicycles to get around the work zone.

This work is part of an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project. The $32 million project will repair concrete along nine miles of C-470 and then pave the entire length in asphalt. Concrete repairs will also be made along 26 miles of the C-470 bike path between I-25 and I-70.

Castle Rock Construction Co. of Centennial is the contractor for this project, which is scheduled to be complete by the end of September 2010.

In all, Colorado will receive more than $400 million from the Recovery Act for highway projects and $103 million for transit projects. For more information about how Colorado is putting the recovery act to work, visit www.colorado.gov/recovery. For a list of CDOT’s Recovery Act projects, visit http://www.coloradodot.info/projects/arra.