The Fremont County Road and Bridge Department and Kiewit Western Construction Company of Colorado Springs will begin construction work Monday, October 3rd, on the asphalt overlay project on Fremont County Road 11. Approximately three miles of the High Park Road will be overlayed with two-inches of asphalt. It is the third year of asphalt overlay work on High Park Road using Colorado Gaming Impact Grants. $415,000 of Gaming Impact Money is being spent this year on the paving work. It was determined that the overlay was needed because the asphalt was deteriorating. That resulted from casino traffic traveling to Cripple Creek as well as heavy truck traffic using the road.
The three mile work area will begin about 1 ½ miles northeast of the junction from Colorado Highway 9. The Road and Bridge Department will be flagging traffic and motorists can expect some minor delays in the construction zone October 3rd through the 7th.
The Fremont County Commissioners have submitted an application to the State Gaming Impact Board for another $484,000 in Gaming Impact money in 2006. If awarded it would finance completion of the final 1 ½ miles of asphalt overlay plus chip sealing of the High Park Road and the Garden Park Road north of Canon City next year. The Gaming Impact money can only be used on those county roads impacted by casino traffic going to and from Cripple Creek.
The three mile work area will begin about 1 ½ miles northeast of the junction from Colorado Highway 9. The Road and Bridge Department will be flagging traffic and motorists can expect some minor delays in the construction zone October 3rd through the 7th.
The Fremont County Commissioners have submitted an application to the State Gaming Impact Board for another $484,000 in Gaming Impact money in 2006. If awarded it would finance completion of the final 1 ½ miles of asphalt overlay plus chip sealing of the High Park Road and the Garden Park Road north of Canon City next year. The Gaming Impact money can only be used on those county roads impacted by casino traffic going to and from Cripple Creek.