El Paso County Department of Public Works continues safety and drainage improvements along the southern portion of Monument Hill Road. Monument Hill Road from the south entrance of Palmer Ridge High School to and including the Deer Creek intersection will be open to traffic on Sunday, August 18. Drivers should expect shoulder work to continue.…
Chipita Park Road northwest of Ute Pass Elementary School will be closed beginning April 22 while a crew contracted by El Paso County performs necessary road work to complete the installation of a culvert. No through traffic will be allowed between Fountain Road and U.S. 24. Detours will be in place to help maintain traffic…
The recent severe blizzard will delay the completion of repair work on a pair of bumpy railroad crossings in the Security-Widefield area until May. The El Paso County Department of Public Works is collaborating with BNSF Railway to fix the crossings in response to citizen requests. This week, crews are putting the finishing touches on…
A section of Huber Road will be closed beginning on Monday, March 11 as El Paso County Road and Bridge crews work to replace a pair of culverts. Huber Road will be closed east of Luther Road and west of Sayres Road as crews replace both culverts that are in need of replacement for to…
VIDEO: Here’s look at the work being done on Chipita Park Road, including a more in-depth explanation from one of our El Paso County engineers, Omar Lopez. Public Works crews are installing a 70-foot culvert on Chipita Park Road near Ute Pass Elementary, and began work today. The road work will take place in two…
Chipita Park Road northwest of Ute Pass Elementary School will be closed beginning February 25, 2019, while a crew contracted by El Paso County installs a new box culvert to help improve storm water drainage in the area. No through traffic will be allowed between Fountain Road and U.S. 24. Detours will be in place…
A pair of bumpy railroad crossings in the Security-Widefield area are scheduled to be repaired in March 2019. The El Paso County Department of Public Works is collaborating with BNSF Railway to fix the crossings in the Security-Widefield area in response to citizen requests. The tracks as well as the ties and surrounding pavement have…
El Paso County began construction of the Chipita Park Road Drainage Improvements at Sand Gulch this week. The project is located along Chipita Park Road, approximately 13 miles northwest of downtown Colorado Springs and adjacent to Ute Pass Elementary School. The Project will generally consist of reconstruction and armoring of the Sand Gulch channel between…
VIDEO: Check out our latest drone flyover at the WAAP site. It shows the new bridge that’s now open, the installation of the new water line that stretches about half the length of the project, and the future bike plaza starting to take shape.
We hit another milestone on the Westside Avenue Action Plan project with the opening of the new Adam’s Crossing Bridge. This will not only help the flow of traffic, but it will allow contractors to work in areas they haven’t been able to in the past.
