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GOVERNMENT
ENHANCING OUR
community
PROJECT UPDATES
LONG ROAD
RECONSTRUCTION
The purpose of the Long Road
Reconstruction Project is to
reconstruct a corridor that was
originally paved in 1972. In addition
to the pavement reconstruction, the
project scope involves upgrading the
storm sewer system, replacing a
Southgate waterline main, pedestrian
safety improvements and
undergrounding the overhead power
lines. The work, which began in April,
will continue into December under
the current closure condition. Long
Road will reopen in December,
however, work will continue through
the winter months into the late Spring
of 2018.
Due to winter weather conditions,
paving and landscaping will be
suspended until the spring of 2018. As
weather permits through the winter,
the contractor will continue with
utility and grading activities during
non-rush hour periods with one way
flagging operations.
When paving and landscaping
resumes, it is anticipated to take two
months to complete. While there may
be short-term weekend closures
necessary to perform the remaining
activities in the spring, no long-term
closures of Long Road are planned.
Several unplanned underground utility
conflicts required modifications to the
alignment of the new water line and
the new storm sewer. Unfortunately,
these modifications have caused delays
to the completion date of the project.
While these type of utility conflicts are
not uncommon to encounter during
construction of a project of this size
and scope, the tight timeline to
complete all of the work and then
perform the final paving before winter
was not accomplished.
The map shows the anticipated status
of the project as of the December road
opening date. For additional project
information, please visit the project
website at longroadconstruction.com
or contact John Wannigman, Project
Manager, at jwannigman@greenwood
village.com or at 303-708-6139.
HOLLY STREET
INTERSECTIONS
Work is complete for the Holly Street
Intersection project with the exception
of the landscape walls along the west
side of the new walk at the Powers and
Prentice intersections. These walls were
added to the project to improve the
transition from the new walk to the
existing grades at the landscape
entrances into the Preserve subdivision
and are anticipated to be done in
November.
The project scope includes
rehabilitating the three degraded
intersections at Powers, Berry and
Prentice that were originally
constructed in 2000. The project
consisted of placing an “unbonded
concrete overlay” on top of the
existing concrete intersections at
Powers and Berry. This innovative
solution required less closure time
while still achieving the high quality
colored and stamped concrete look
desired by the community.
For additional project information,
please contact John Wannigman,
Project Manager, at
jwannigman@greenwoodvillage.com
or at 303-708-6139.
BELLEVIEW AND HOLLY
TURN LANE
The construction work at Belleview
and Holly, which occurred during the
late summer of this year, was for the
installation of a northbound right turn
lane. The purpose of the project is to
help alleviate the delays that
northbound traffic experienced at the
intersection. The roadway work was
completed at the end of August and
crews were able to work around the
school hours to minimize the impacts
on traffic. The landscaping work is
currently being completed. The traffic
signal upgrade will occur in 2018 in
coordination with the Colorado
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PG. 12 GV NEWSLETTER | NOVEMBER 2017