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New U.S. 85 intersection at Sedalia given green light
Plans for a new intersection at U.S. 85 in Sedalia were advanced last week by Douglas County Commissioners.
By By: Kiersten J. Mayer
Plans for a new intersection at U.S. 85 in Sedalia were advanced last week by Douglas County Commissioners.
The new signalized intersection north of Intermountain Rural Electric Association will provide consolidated access for the utility, the Sedalia recycling center and landfill, and the Sedalia Industrial Park.
At the same time, the Colorado Department of Transportation will widen about one and a half miles of U.S. 85 in both directions from the new intersection to four lanes this summer.
Douglas County is contributing $1.3 million with reimbursements of $800,000 from the landfill's operator Waste Connections Inc. IREA is contributing $50,000 for the construction of the new signalized intersection, part of the CDOT widening project.
The county public works department will also acquire right-of-way interests for the new intersection and donate them to CDOT when the project is finished.
At an April 26 regular business meeting, County Commissioner Melanie Worley said she is happy to see the intersection project come forward with the hard work and cooperation of everyone involved.
Sean Owens, Douglas County public works project manager, said the county has acquired warranty deeds from three property owners for rights-of-way to make the signalized intersection possible.
CDOT is working with seven other property owners to obtain easements north of IREA for four-lane widening projects. CDOT is building the intersection at U.S. 85, and the interior streets on property adjacent to IREA will be constructed by Waste Connections, including two driveways that will serve IREA's facilities, Owens said.
"All of this should be started in August," he said. "Waste Connections Inc. should be constructing those internal streets at the same time CDOT is widening the one and a half miles of north and southbound lanes of Highway 85."
Owens said part of Waste Connections' approval by the county for the landfill project was to construct a temporary intersection that would have been torn out later when CDOT came back to do the widening.
Since the construction debris and recycling center was approved by Douglas County commissioners last fall, Waste Connections agreed to give $800,000 to the county for the CDOT widening project, he said.
In addition, the commissioners agreed to spend $450,000 out of the Capital Improvements Projects fund, making up the $1.3 million - about 20 percent of the $6.8 million project. The remainder, around $5.5 million, comes from CDOT.
Contact Kiersten J. Mayer at
kmayer@ccnewspapers.net.
The new signalized intersection north of Intermountain Rural Electric Association will provide consolidated access for the utility, the Sedalia recycling center and landfill, and the Sedalia Industrial Park.
At the same time, the Colorado Department of Transportation will widen about one and a half miles of U.S. 85 in both directions from the new intersection to four lanes this summer.
Douglas County is contributing $1.3 million with reimbursements of $800,000 from the landfill's operator Waste Connections Inc. IREA is contributing $50,000 for the construction of the new signalized intersection, part of the CDOT widening project.
The county public works department will also acquire right-of-way interests for the new intersection and donate them to CDOT when the project is finished.
At an April 26 regular business meeting, County Commissioner Melanie Worley said she is happy to see the intersection project come forward with the hard work and cooperation of everyone involved.
Sean Owens, Douglas County public works project manager, said the county has acquired warranty deeds from three property owners for rights-of-way to make the signalized intersection possible.
CDOT is working with seven other property owners to obtain easements north of IREA for four-lane widening projects. CDOT is building the intersection at U.S. 85, and the interior streets on property adjacent to IREA will be constructed by Waste Connections, including two driveways that will serve IREA's facilities, Owens said.
"All of this should be started in August," he said. "Waste Connections Inc. should be constructing those internal streets at the same time CDOT is widening the one and a half miles of north and southbound lanes of Highway 85."
Owens said part of Waste Connections' approval by the county for the landfill project was to construct a temporary intersection that would have been torn out later when CDOT came back to do the widening.
Since the construction debris and recycling center was approved by Douglas County commissioners last fall, Waste Connections agreed to give $800,000 to the county for the CDOT widening project, he said.
In addition, the commissioners agreed to spend $450,000 out of the Capital Improvements Projects fund, making up the $1.3 million - about 20 percent of the $6.8 million project. The remainder, around $5.5 million, comes from CDOT.
Contact Kiersten J. Mayer at
kmayer@ccnewspapers.net.
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