City of Grand Junction Projects with Travel Restrictions
Gunnison Avenue Sewer Line Replacement Project
- Gunnison Avenue between 15th Street and 24th Street is closed to through traffic
- Access provided for local residents
- Detour route will be in place
- Anticipated completion – Late May.
1st Street Reconstruction – Ouray Avenue to North Avenue
- Please slow down, there will be lane shifts and flaggers when needed
- Access to all businesses will be maintained
- Anticipated completion – July 2017.
4th Street Sewer Manhole Replacement Project- North Avenue to Grand Avenue
- Expect intermittent lane shifts and short term street closures
- Parking restrictions in force
- Anticipated completion – June 2017.
Pavement Striping
- G Road from Hwy 6 & 50 to Horizon Drive
- H Road from 26 Road to Horizon Drive
- Striping operation will take place 7 am to 4:30 pm, Monday – Thursday
- Expect short delays and please do not cross wet paint
Annual Fire Hydrant Flushing Program
- Utility Staff are flushing hydrants
- Please drive with caution in areas where crews are working
- Anticipated completion – late May.
Non-City of Grand Junction Projects with Travel Restrictions
Red Canyon Sidewalk and Pedestrian Bridge (Hwy 340 east of Vista Grande Road) – Mesa County Project
- Watch for trucks turning onto and off of highway
- Motorists be aware of speed limit reductions through construction zone
- Anticipated completion – June 2017
29 ½ Road Bridge Replacement over Grand Valley Irrigation Canal – CDOT/Mesa County Project
- 29 ½ Road is closed to through traffic between Orchard Avenue and Patterson Road
- Access provided for local residents
- Detour route is in place
- For more information regarding this project call (970) 640-6129
- Anticipated completion – June 2017.
Colorado National Monument
- Crews are working at Half Tunnel to stabilize the road surface and also making repairs to the rock retaining walls along various locations throughout the Monument
- There will be alternating one-lane traffic through the construction zones between the hours of 7am and 6pm Monday through Friday
- Expect up to 15-minute delays – flaggers will be onsite to assist motorists
- Anticipated completion- June 2017.
I-70 Beavertail Tunnel Lighting Project (east of Palisade) – CDOT
- Speed limit reduction will be 40 mph when flaggers are present
- Please obey all speed limit reductions and construction road signs during this time
- East bound I-70 traffic will be detoured onto service road
- Both west and east bound traffic can expect single lane closures this week
- Project hours will be Monday – Friday 7am – 5pm
- For more information, please call (970) 456-1481
- Anticipated completion – November 2017.
Contact: Sam Rainguet, Communications Manager 970-244-1507 or samr@gjcity.org
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