During the Second Quarter of 2024, the County’s PPRTA capital and maintenance projects continued to advance.
Construction continues for the South Academy Boulevard project. The contractor has completed the scour repairs for the bridges over Fountain Creek and has reopened the Fountain Creek Regional Trail. The contractor is currently working on installing multiple drainage lines and water quality vaults, widening the existing bridge over Bradley Road, installing the subgrade, base, asphalt, and the concrete median for the roadway widening, etc. This project is a collaborative project with CDOT under the Military Access Mobility and Safety Improvement Project (“MAMSIP”) which falls under a BUILD Grant. The Project remains on track to be completed in early 2026.
Construction of Highway 105 Project A is ongoing with three retaining walls and new traffic signal at Knollwood completed in the second quarter. Design for the remainder of the Hwy 105 corridor with emphasis on Project B from Lake Woodmoor Drive to west of Martingale Road continues.
Construction is ongoing for two intersection improvement projects located at Security Boulevard & Main Street and Security/Widefield Boulevard & Fontaine Avenue. These two projects began in the first quarter of 2023, Security & Main reached substantial completion in the 3rd quarter of 2023, and Security & Fontaine remains on track for completion by the end of 2024.
Consultant design of the Mesa Ridge Parkway project is nearing completion. The Project consists of design and construction of the eastbound lanes of Mesa Ridge Parkway between SH 21 (Powers Boulevard) and Marksheffel Road. A separate fast-track project to construct the signal at Marksheffel Road has been completed. Design of the main project is essentially complete. Property Acquisition is underway with construction scheduled to begin in early 2025.
Design for the Beacon Lite Road project is complete, and property acquisition is underway. It is estimated that a single construction contract will be pursued to construct the project in multiple phases starting in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Eastonville Road and Deer Creek design phases progressed during the second quarter. Eastonville Road Corridor Design continued, extending Phase I to include Motley Road intersection. Phase I Final Design/FOR is near completion, with a drainage relook near completion. Phase II commenced with preliminary/FIR design scheduled for the third quarter. Design continued for Deer Creek, Base Camp and Microscope, with follow-on investigation to include Woodmoor Drive intersection treatment. An amended design scope is near completion with Final Design under review for the combined original scope and roundabout design. Both designs are pursuing property acquisition to push designs to completion and prepare for construction phases.
The 2024 maintenance program work progressed during the first quarter. El Paso County completed a total of 17 square yards of sidewalk, 0 linear feet of curb and gutter, 0 square yards of cross pan, 0 square yards of fillet, and 0 square yards of pedestrian ramps. Two separate drainage improvement projects (Pebble Beach and Palmer Park) were also completed as a part of the concrete maintenance program. El Paso County also completed maintenance of 33.54 lane miles of gravel roads and 42.92 lane miles of asphalt paving in the second quarter of 2024.