Court Street project to wrap up 2026 paving season in Pueblo
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — It started a bit later than planned, but crews have finally begun removing old pavement from two miles of Court Street between City Center Drive and 24th Street.
It’s one of four repaving projects scheduled this year in the Steel City.
Molly Evans, deputy public works director, said that there was a delay in the paperwork required for the contractor to be licensed for the Court Street repaving; crews finally began milling on Monday.
Court Street is one of the main routes for drivers to get downtown; much of it is one-way, southbound.
Evans said that a similar repaving on nearby Elizabeth Street — from City Center Drive to 29th Street — is delayed until next year, adding that it’s too late in the paving cycle to start another major project.
This spring, the city completed two other repaving projects: a mile at the north end of Jerry Murphy Road, and a mile of 6th Street between Interstate 25 and Midtown Circle, cutting through the southwest part of downtown.
Having just four streets on a paving list doesn’t seem like much, but remember that Pueblo doesn’t have a dedicated funding source for repaving or transportation projects like Colorado Springs and El Paso County do.
Evans said that city leaders continue to discuss the possibility of establishing a funding mechanism.
“I know the mayor had brought forth that quarter-cent sales tax to (the City) Council for some road improvements down here, but (the) Council opted to not include it on the ballot,” she said. (A tax) may be a viable solution, depending on how it’s structured and how that’s going to impact the taxpayer.”
While officials spend the winter planning next year’s paving projects, crews will enter their second year of using a hot-mix asphalt truck to patch potholes year-round.
The advantage is that the truck allows crews to make longer-lasting pothole repairs and can be used in winter when most asphalt plants have closed.
Evans said the truck has worked so well that the city hopes to acquire a second truck soon.
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