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GRAND JUNCTION — Construction on Colorado Avenue begins one week from today.
By the close of the year, the city of Grand Junction expects the stretch of Colorado Avenue between Second and Seventh streets to have broader sidewalks, landscaping and an absence of traffic lights, according to City Engineering Projects Manager Don Newton. The new version of Colorado Avenue will look familiar.
“It’s going to be real similar to the Seventh Street improvements, just without a median between the two lanes of traffic,” Newton said.
The city will award a $2.9 million construction contract to Mays Concrete Wednesday to begin the Colorado Avenue project next week.
Traffic lights at Fourth Street and Fifth Street will be replaced with stop signs. Electric circuits will be installed to cater to vendors, and that could lead to an extension of the Farmer’s Market in the summers, Newton said.
Room for angled and parallel parking spots will be cleared as the street is curved in a style similar to, but less severe than, the curvature on Main Street. Larger sidewalks will make way for outdoor dining or more walking space.
“Colorado Avenue is not a very pedestrian corridor, but it should have a more pedestrian feel by the finish,” said Harold Stalf, Downtown Development Authority executive director. “It should be lovely by the end of the year.”
Construction will begin the week of March 24 with two to two-and-a-half months of work between Third and Fifth streets, including storm sewer improvements, street construction, then lighting and landscaping installations.
The second phase of construction will kick in for about a month this summer from Second to Third streets. Fifth to Seventh streets will get attention last, with two to two-and-a-half months of construction this fall.
The parking lot on Colorado Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets will also see changes this year, when a home owned by the city is torn down and the whole parking lot area is paved. A parking garage could also go on the street east or west of Fourth Street in 2009.
Reach Emily Anderson at eanderson@gjfreepress.com.
By the close of the year, the city of Grand Junction expects the stretch of Colorado Avenue between Second and Seventh streets to have broader sidewalks, landscaping and an absence of traffic lights, according to City Engineering Projects Manager Don Newton. The new version of Colorado Avenue will look familiar.
“It’s going to be real similar to the Seventh Street improvements, just without a median between the two lanes of traffic,” Newton said.
The city will award a $2.9 million construction contract to Mays Concrete Wednesday to begin the Colorado Avenue project next week.
Traffic lights at Fourth Street and Fifth Street will be replaced with stop signs. Electric circuits will be installed to cater to vendors, and that could lead to an extension of the Farmer’s Market in the summers, Newton said.
Room for angled and parallel parking spots will be cleared as the street is curved in a style similar to, but less severe than, the curvature on Main Street. Larger sidewalks will make way for outdoor dining or more walking space.
“Colorado Avenue is not a very pedestrian corridor, but it should have a more pedestrian feel by the finish,” said Harold Stalf, Downtown Development Authority executive director. “It should be lovely by the end of the year.”
Construction will begin the week of March 24 with two to two-and-a-half months of work between Third and Fifth streets, including storm sewer improvements, street construction, then lighting and landscaping installations.
The second phase of construction will kick in for about a month this summer from Second to Third streets. Fifth to Seventh streets will get attention last, with two to two-and-a-half months of construction this fall.
The parking lot on Colorado Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets will also see changes this year, when a home owned by the city is torn down and the whole parking lot area is paved. A parking garage could also go on the street east or west of Fourth Street in 2009.
Reach Emily Anderson at eanderson@gjfreepress.com.
