The City of Glenwood Springs has begun several road maintenance projects. The first portion of road work was mill and overlay on some downtown streets and Mount Sopris Drive. The second portion will be chip and seal work across the city throughout August.
Chip and Seal Project
The entire Chip and Seal project is a four-part roadway reconditioning process. The first step will begin on August 3 and will prepare roads for the chip seal process by street sweeping and crack sealing. This step will continue through the entire project just days before each chip seal application begins.
The Chip Seal process is three parts:
- The roadways are swept again and then a hot mix layer and small stone chips are applied to the roadway surface. These chips will sit on the roadway for approximately 7 days to settle into the hot mix and create a new wear surface for the roadway.
- After 7 days the crew will return to each area and remove any excess stones from the surface and surrounding curb and gutter areas (pick-up brooming). This will leave a new stone surface exposed.
- After 2 additional days of exposure, the surface of each roadway will be sprayed with a light coating of the hot mix again to fog seal in the stone.
All roadway impacts will be rolling one lane closures; full lane road closures are not anticipated during this process. The 7 day stone lay down period will leave loose gravel on the roadway so bikers and motorcycles need to be extra careful. Passenger vehicles need to stick to speed limits and easement turning movements to keep from kicking up rock chips onto other cars.
Below is the anticipated schedule for work, barring weather delays, for each area of the City that is being affected with this work:
Chip Seal Application
August 6, 2018 - All of Cardiff Glen and Park East roads
August 7, 2018 - Mt Sopris Drive, Westlook Drive, 33rd Street, 32nd Street, Blake Court, Cooper Court, and 20th Street
August 8, 2018 - 27th Street, 11th Street, and 10th Street
August 9, 2018 - Oak Way Avenue, Riverview Avenue, Overlin Drive, Cowdin Drive, North River Street (pool), and Traver Trail
August 10, 2018 - Traver Trail and remaining Oasis Creek Subdivision roads
August 13, 2018 - Road 135, Soccer Field Road, Mel Ray Road, Storm King Road, Donegan Road (last 1200 feet on east end), and Gilstrap Court
Pick-up Brooming
August 13, 2018 - All of Cardiff Glen and Park East roads, Mount Sopris Drive and Westlook Drive
August 14, 2018 - Westlook Drive, 33rd Street, 32nd Street, Blake Court, Cooper Court, 11th Street, 20th Street, 27th Street, and 10th Street
August 15, 2018 - Oak Way Avenue, Riverview Avenue, Overlin Drive, Cowdin Drive, North River Street (pool), and Traver Trail
August 16, 2018 - All Oasis Creek subdivision roads, Road 135, Soccer Field Road, and Mel Ray Road
August 17, 2018 - Storm King Road, Donegan Road (last 1200 feet on east end), and Gilstrap Court
Fog Seal Application
August 15, 2018 - All of Cardiff Glen and Park East roads, Mount Sopris Drive, Westlook Drive, 32nd Street, 33rd Street, Blake Court, and Cooper Court
August 16, 2018 - 27th Street, 20th Street, 10th Street, 11th Street, Oak Way Avenue, Riverview Avenue, Overlin Drive, and Cowdin Drive
August 17, 2018 - North River Street (pool), Traver Trail, All Oasis Creek subdivision roads, Road 135, Soccer Field Road, and Mel Ray Road
August 20, 2018 - Storm King Road, Donegan Road (last 1200 feet on east end), and Gilstrap Court
For road maintenance maps, please visit: http://cogs.us/432/Road-Maintenance
Please direct any questions related to this project to: Matthew Langhorst 384-6438 or Jake Velasquez 384-6379
