CDOT Continues Paving Operations on C-470 This Weekend and Next Week

It is anticipated that the majority of the roadway work on C-470 will be completed by the end of August with most of the weekend work wrapping up in approximately two to three weeks.

This week, crews will be working during the day on Saturday and during the evening the rest of the week.  There will be no daytime work on Sunday.  The following closures will take place on Saturday, July 24^th, weather permitting:

Saturday, July 24^th:

• Westbound C-470 between Lucent Boulevard and Santa Fe Drive: One lane of westbound C-470 will be closed from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.
• Westbound C-470 to Santa Fe Drive: The ramp from westbound C-470 to Santa Fe Drive will be completely closed from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday.  Detour: Motorists can take Platte Canyon Road to Mineral Avenue where access to Santa Fe Drive is available.
• Lucent Boulevard to Westbound C-470: The ramp from Lucent Boulevard to westbound C-470 will be completely closed from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday.  Detour: Motorists can take County Line Road to Santa Fe Drive where access to westbound C-470 is available.
• Westbound C-470 to Lucent Boulevard: The ramp from westbound C-470 to Lucent Boulevard will be completely closed from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.  Detour: Motorists can take Santa Fe Drive to County Line Road where access to Lucent Boulevard is available.
• Lucent Boulevard to Eastbound C-470: The ramp from Lucent Boulevard to eastbound C-470 will be completely closed from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday.  Detour: Motorists can take County Line Road to Broadway where access to eastbound C-470 is available.

In addition to the daytime work on Saturday, the following closures will take place during the evening hours on Sunday, July 25^th through Thursday, July 29^th, weather permitting:

Sunday, July 25^th:

• Westbound C-470 between Quebec Street and University Street: One lane of westbound C-470 will be closed starting at 8 p.m. on Sunday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Monday.
• Eastbound C-470 between Lucent Boulevard and University Boulevard: One lane of eastbound C-470 will be closed starting at 8 p.m. on Sunday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Monday.
• Eastbound C-470 at Lucent Boulevard and Broadway: There will be various temporary closures of the on and off-ramps at Lucent Boulevard/eastbound C-470 and Broadway/eastbound C-470 starting at 8 p.m. on Sunday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Monday.

Monday, July 26^th:

• Westbound C-470 between Broadway and Santa Fe Drive: One lane of westbound C-470 will be closed starting at 8 p.m. on Monday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
• Eastbound C-470 between Broadway and Colorado Boulevard: One lane of eastbound C-470 will be closed starting at 8 p.m. on Monday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
• Eastbound C-470 at Broadway and University Boulevard: There will be various temporary closures of the on and off-ramps at Broadway/eastbound C-470 and University Boulevard/eastbound C-470 starting at 8 p.m. on Monday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

Tuesday, July 27^th:

• Westbound C-470 between Yosemite Street and Colorado Boulevard: One lane of westbound C-470 will be closed starting at 8 p.m. on Tuesday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
• Eastbound C-470 between University Boulevard and Quebec Street: One lane of eastbound C-470 will be closed starting at 8 p.m. on Tuesday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

Wednesday, July 28^th:

• Eastbound C-470 between Santa Fe Drive and Lucent Boulevard: One lane of eastbound C-470 will be closed starting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday.
• Eastbound C-470 between Colorado Boulevard and Yosemite Street: One lane of eastbound C-470 will be closed starting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday.
• Santa Fe Drive to Westbound C-470: The ramp from Santa Fe Drive to westbound C-470 will be completely closed starting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday. Detour: Motorists can take County Line Road to Lucent Boulevard where access to westbound C-470 is available.
• Eastbound C-470 at Quebec Street: There will be various temporary closures of the on and off-ramps at Quebec Street/eastbound C-470 starting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday.

Thursday, July 29th:

• Westbound C-470 between University Boulevard and Santa Fe Drive: One lane of westbound C-470 will be closed starting at 8 p.m. on Thursday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Friday.
• Eastbound C-470 between Quebec Street and Yosemite Street: One lane of eastbound C-470 will be closed starting at 8 p.m. on Thursday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Friday.
• Quebec Street to Eastbound C-470: The ramp from Quebec Street to eastbound C-470 will be completely closed starting at 11 p.m. on Thursday and continuing until 5:30 a.m. on Friday.  Detour: Motorists can take County Line Road to Yosemite or I-25 as a detour route.

Delays are expected during work hours and alternate routes are strongly advised.  CDOT would like to remind motorists to obey all traffic signs and flaggers and to “Slow for the Cone Zone.”  Fines for most infractions that occur in the work zone will be doubled.

Concrete repairs on the C-470 bike trail will continue next week between Broadway and Quebec Street from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.  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, CO is the contractor for this project, which is scheduled to be complete by the end of September 2010.

In all, Colorado received nearly $400 million from the Recovery Act for highway projects and $121 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.