Weekend Work on C-470 Resumes for Concrete Repairs

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTY- Tonight, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will resume weekend work on C-470 between I-25 and Santa Fe Drive as part of an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project.  The project repairs and replaces concrete along nine miles of C-470 between I-25 and Santa Fe Drive, paves C-470 in asphalt and makes repairs to 26 miles of the C-470 bike path between I-25 and I-70.

"The project shutdown shortly before Thanksgiving so that our work would not impact holiday traffic," said CDOT Project Engineer Scott Smith.  "With the holidays behind us, the weekend work will resume and take place as weather permits."

This weekend, crews will work from 8 p.m. on Friday, January 29th until 5 a.m. on Monday, February 1st.  

During this time, the following closures will be in place on C-470 and major delays are expected:

• Eastbound C-470 between University Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard - The left lane of eastbound C-470 will be closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Major delays are expected and alternate routes are strongly advised.

Since the concrete repairs require crews to place new concrete, there is about a 10 to 12-hour timeframe in which the concrete has to cure.  During this time, the lane closure will remain in place but crews will not be visibly working.  This is a necessary process for concrete replacement to ensure the pavement is of high quality and can withstand the heavy traffic C-470 handles. Once the concrete cures, crews will stripe and conduct some other minor work before reopening the left lane of eastbound C-470 between University Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard.

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.

Castle Rock Construction Co. of Centennial, CO is the contractor for this $32 million Recovery Act project, which is scheduled to be complete in September 2010. 

In all, Colorado will receive more than $400 million from the Recovery Act for transportation 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 www.dot.state.co.us/arra .