The Fremont County Department of Transportation is advising motorists in the Canon City and Florence area that they will have to find alternate routes next week due to a road improvement project planned on MacKenzie Avenue east of Canon City. Transportation Director Anthony Adamic said that 2.2 miles of MacKenzie Avenue will be chip sealed over the course of three days on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, June 22nd, 23rd, and 24th.
Adamic says that during construction MacKenzie Avenue will be closed to through traffic. Motorists who do not want to encounter delays in the construction area should use the detours or plan to use alternate routes.
The chip sealing of MacKenzie Avenue is one of several road improvement projects being undertaken by county road crews this summer. Adamic says a chip seal coating will also be applied on two miles of road surface on the upper end of County Road 28, the Copper Gulch Road. That project is tentatively scheduled for June 29th and 30th.
County road crews this week completed a chip seal project on 9th Street in Penrose. Other chip seal or paving projects scheduled in July and August include portions of:
Adamic says that during construction MacKenzie Avenue will be closed to through traffic. Motorists who do not want to encounter delays in the construction area should use the detours or plan to use alternate routes.
The chip sealing of MacKenzie Avenue is one of several road improvement projects being undertaken by county road crews this summer. Adamic says a chip seal coating will also be applied on two miles of road surface on the upper end of County Road 28, the Copper Gulch Road. That project is tentatively scheduled for June 29th and 30th.
County road crews this week completed a chip seal project on 9th Street in Penrose. Other chip seal or paving projects scheduled in July and August include portions of:
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County Road 1A at Cotopaxi
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Heather Lane in Howard
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The High Park Road to Cripple Creek
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Broadway in Penrose
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Garden Park Road north of Canon City.
County Commission Chairman Ed Norden said while funds are limited for such chip seal and paving projects, the work this summer reflects a continued commitment from the Board of Commissioners to earmark funds for road maintenance from the Tabor Timeout measure that voters approved in 2007.