Fremont County Road and Bridge crews completed work September 7th on a two week project to chip seal paved roads as part of the county's 2006 allocation of Colorado Gaming Impact grant money. $247,500 was spent on chip sealing the asphalt road surface on High Park Road (County Road 11) for a 6.2 mile distance south from the Teller County line, and over 12 miles on Garden Park Road north of Canon City.
The work was part of the county's $400,000 Gaming Impact grant for 2006. The other $172,500 was spent this past spring on a two-inch asphalt overlay on the final 1.2 miles of roadway on High Park Road just off of Highway 9. Over the past four years Fremont County secured Gaming Impact money to apply a two-inch overlay on the entire length of High Park Road from Highway 9 to the Teller County line after the road began to break apart due to heavy truck traffic. Although Fremont County has many miles of roads with critical needs for asphalt and chip seal repairs, the Gaming Impact dollars can only be used on those roads which motorists travel to get to the casinos in Cripple Creek.
County road crews still have a fog seal application and paint striping work to complete on the 18 miles of chip seal in the next several weeks. Fremont County's local 30 percent match is provided through manpower and county equipment to complete the work.
At the State Gaming Impact grant application hearings in Victor later this month Fremont County will make application for 2007 funding for gravel, roadbase, culverts, and chip seal for Garden Park road and Phantom Canyon Road. The county proposes to chip seal eight miles of Phantom Canyon Road north of Highway 50 next year.
The work was part of the county's $400,000 Gaming Impact grant for 2006. The other $172,500 was spent this past spring on a two-inch asphalt overlay on the final 1.2 miles of roadway on High Park Road just off of Highway 9. Over the past four years Fremont County secured Gaming Impact money to apply a two-inch overlay on the entire length of High Park Road from Highway 9 to the Teller County line after the road began to break apart due to heavy truck traffic. Although Fremont County has many miles of roads with critical needs for asphalt and chip seal repairs, the Gaming Impact dollars can only be used on those roads which motorists travel to get to the casinos in Cripple Creek.
County road crews still have a fog seal application and paint striping work to complete on the 18 miles of chip seal in the next several weeks. Fremont County's local 30 percent match is provided through manpower and county equipment to complete the work.
At the State Gaming Impact grant application hearings in Victor later this month Fremont County will make application for 2007 funding for gravel, roadbase, culverts, and chip seal for Garden Park road and Phantom Canyon Road. The county proposes to chip seal eight miles of Phantom Canyon Road north of Highway 50 next year.