Street repaving in Woodland Park yet to begin, may not start until early July
Scott Harrison
TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Flashing message signs along two streets in Woodland Park previously displayed June 1 as the starting date for repaving work on Fairview Street and Thunder Ridge Drive.
But nearly three weeks later, those projects have yet to begin.
The electronic sign on Thunder Ridge has been turned off, while the Fairview sign simply displays “Road Work.”
There is construction happening at the south end of Fairview, but it isn’t laying new asphalt.
“We’re doing the concrete work,” a crew member told KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior on-site Thursday. “The repaving probably won’t happen for two weeks.”
If you’re familiar with The Road Warrior’s coverage during the past two years, you know that concrete work — building new sidewalks, curbs, gutters and ramps — usually happens well in advance of a repaving project.
The crew member didn’t elaborate on why the concrete work is happening late in the process, and town officials haven’t responded to The Road Warrior’s request for details on the matter.
Thunder Ridge, which was paved with cobblestones when it was built through what was a private subdivision 20 years ago, may present a different challenge.
The street now is within the town’s jurisdiction, and it’s unclear whether crews will simply pave asphalt over the crumbling stones, or remove them first.
Meanwhile, in Colorado Springs, crews continue repaving roughly a mile of Costilla Street, from its west end in the Gold Hill Mesa community, to 8th Street.
As The Road Warrior previously reported, crews are rebuilding parts of that street that have unstable bases, or subgrades, because of possible groundwater infiltration.
A crew member on-site said that the base on the east end of Costilla isn’t as bad as on the west end, so only smaller segments will be rebuilt there and regular paving will suffice on the rest of it.