Starting mid-July 2024
Gilpin County School District Capital Construction Project
Gilpin County School District will construct a sewer pipe from the school, 10595 Colorado Highway 119, to the Black Hawk Central City Sanitation District. The connection point is at the Black Hawk Fire Station, 7457 Black Hawk Blvd, Colorado Highway 119.
Colorado Highway 119 will be excavated in the northbound lane to construct the sewer pipe. Phase I construction will begin in the northbound lane of Colorado Highway 119 at the Black Hawk Fire Station and proceed north to Hughesville Road and Apex Valley Road. The approximate timeline for Phase I of construction will be from Mid July 2024 through November 2024. Colorado Highway 119 will be reopened to two way traffic by December 2024.
One lane traffic will occur during construction, from mid July 2024 through November 2024.
- Expect delays of approximately 5 minutes.
- One lane traffic will occur for approximately 3000 feet.
- Automatic “red/green” traffic light controllers will be in use 24 hours a day/7 days a week from mid July 2024
through November 2024.
For additional information, contact ESCO Construction Project Manager Kyle Griffin, kgriffin@escomailbox.com.
The on-site wastewater treatment plant groundwater discharge has been non-compliant for more than a decade. After a feasibility study, the Board of Education determined the best use of taxpayer revenue was to construct a sewer pipe and connect the school facility with the Black Hawk Central City Sanitation District.
The I-70 Floyd Hill Project will improve eight miles of the I-70 mountain corridor, from west of Evergreen to eastern Idaho Springs. The Project will deliver a third westbound I-70 travel lane, which will function as an Express Lane, to improve the current two-lane bottleneck. Other major elements include constructing a missing two-mile section of the frontage road between Evergreen and Idaho Springs, building an eastbound I-70 extended on-ramp for slow-moving vehicles, improving traffic flow and access at interchanges and intersections within the project limits, improving sight distance on roadway curves, improving the Clear Creek Greenway trail, and implementing environmental mitigation to create safer wildlife movements and improve air and water quality, stream conditions and recreation.
Construction began in July 2023 and is expected to conclude in late 2028.
Update: In early June, crews will improve drainage by installing new pipes beneath the highway on I-70 between County Road 65 (Exit 248) and Homestead Road (Exit 247). The drainage work will require various overnight lane closures, including a full closure of both eastbound and westbound I-70. For the full closures, motorists will bypass the construction zone using US 40 as a detour between County Road 65 and Homestead Road. During the overnight lane closures, motorists are advised to stay on I-70. More information will be available soon — stay tuned to our weekly updates!
For more information and updates:
Project Webpage: codot.gov/projects/i70floydhill
Hotline: 720-994-2368
Email: cdot_floydhillproject@state.co.us
Text Alerts: Text floydhill to 21000
Road Conditions: COtrip.org
COtrip Planner App: bit.ly/COtripapp
Project Travel Alerts: bit.ly/COnewsalerts
Lane Closures: bit.ly/laneclosures
US Hwy 6 closure in Clear Creek Canyon from 7:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. on numerous Mondays in 2024. Be prepared for full night closures 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. between Hwy 119 and Hwy 93/58, including all of Clear Creek Canyon Park trailheads/parking lots. Vehicles parked in the canyon after 7:00 p.m. will be required to exit on US 6 west toward Highway 119 or east toward Highway 93/58, depending on heavy equipment. Traffic Control will sweep the canyon at 7:00 p.m. Be prepared and please plan accordingly.
You can use these resources from Jefferson County to stay informed on the project and planned closures:
Website: www.jeffco.us/P2P
Email: peaks2plains@gmail.com
Phone: (720) 893-0403
Sign up for Jeffco "Notifyme" alerts:
- Go to www.jeffco.us/list.aspx.
- Add your email address to the top and click sign in.
- You can opt to receive emails and / or text messages.
- Scroll down to the third section titled "Alerts" and find P2P/US Hwy 6 - Trail Construction Closures.
You are also encouraged to check COtrip.org for real-time lane closures and traffic impacts associated with area projects.