City of Grand Junction Projects with Travel Restrictions    

Riverside Parkway Resurfacing Project (Night work:  6pm to 7am , Sunday – Thursday)

Finish paving section between West Avenue and 25 Road.  Paving between rail spur at Coors Tech. and 24 Road.

• Flaggers will be on site to assist motorists.

2017 Street Chip Seal Program

City Crews will be chip sealing streets Sunday – Wednesday from the daytime hours of 6am to 5pm.  The City streets in this year’s chip sealing program are between 1^st Street and 19^th Street and between North Avenue and Patterson Road.

City Crews will be fog sealing streets Monday – Thursday from the nighttime hours of 8pm to 6am. Streets fog sealed this week will be the streets that were chip sealed last week.

•  Residential and business access will be maintained at all times
•  Traffic delays may occur as a result of this project
•  Anticipated completion –  August 2017.

Contract Street Chip Seal Project

Grand Avenue from 1^st Street to 12^th Street, Horizon Drive from the 12^th Street, roundabout to G Road, and B ½ Road from Highway 50 to 29 Road

• Flaggers will be on site to assist motorists.

2017 Street Overlay Project

Paving – 26 Road from Patterson Road to F ½ Road (Monday and Tuesday), Milling – Ridges Blvd. from Hwy 340 to Mariposa Drive (possibly end of the week)

 

28 ½ Road and Elm Avenue Storm Inlet Replacement Project

Wednesday – Friday: Westbound Elm Avenue will be closed to through traffic between Elm Drive and 28 ½ Road.

• Detour route will be in place.

 

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Non-City of Grand Junction Projects with Travel Restrictions        

I-70 Beavertail Tunnel Lighting Project (east of Palisade) – CDOT

• Speed limit reduction throughout construction zone is set at 35 mph
• Eastbound I-70 traffic will be detoured onto service road. No vehicle parking or bicycling on the service road.
• Westbound traffic will detour through the eastbound tunnel
• Both west and east bound traffic can expect single-lane closures
• Project hours will be weekdays 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