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Town, CDOT swap streets
Castle Rock and the Colorado Department of Transportation have swapped streets.
By By:Megan Fromm
Castle Rock and the Colorado Department of Transportation have swapped streets.
In exchange for the 4.25-mile segment of Founders Parkway between Interstate 25 and Colo. 86, CDOT gave Castle Rock a 1.3-mile segment of Colo. 86 between Rock Street and the parkway.
The swap allows CDOT to reconstruct part of Founders Parkway with the intention of adding it to the state highway system as Colo. 86. The reconstruction will take place from south of Crowfoot Valley Road to the existing Colo. 86 and will cost an estimated $5.5 million.
"This is a logical exchange for CDOT and Castle Rock," CDOT Regional Director Jeff Kullman says in a release. Kullman says the old Colo. 86 from Founders Parkway into downtown Castle Rock functions more as a city street, and Founders is better aligned to serve state highway traffic, partly because it bypasses the railroad crossing.
The town will reconstruct Founders Parkway from Allen Street to just south of Crowfoot Valley Road at a cost of $4.1 million, allowing a minimum 156-foot right of way along the road to allow CDOT to build additional lanes in the future at no cost, according to the department.
Castle Rock Public Works Director Bob Goebel says in a prepared statement that before Interstates 70 and 25, traffic logically flowed through downtown Castle Rock.
"It no longer makes sense to bring travelers through the congested areas," Goebel said. Now, travelers on Colo. 86 can continue on the highway via Founders Parkway instead of following the highway's old route when Fifth Street becomes Colo. 86 downtown at Rock Street.
This old segment of the highway will be renamed, according to the town, and residents along the road may have new addresses after records are changed this fall.
Colo. 86 identification markers will be posted on Founders Parkway, but the name will not be changed.
In exchange for the 4.25-mile segment of Founders Parkway between Interstate 25 and Colo. 86, CDOT gave Castle Rock a 1.3-mile segment of Colo. 86 between Rock Street and the parkway.
The swap allows CDOT to reconstruct part of Founders Parkway with the intention of adding it to the state highway system as Colo. 86. The reconstruction will take place from south of Crowfoot Valley Road to the existing Colo. 86 and will cost an estimated $5.5 million.
"This is a logical exchange for CDOT and Castle Rock," CDOT Regional Director Jeff Kullman says in a release. Kullman says the old Colo. 86 from Founders Parkway into downtown Castle Rock functions more as a city street, and Founders is better aligned to serve state highway traffic, partly because it bypasses the railroad crossing.
The town will reconstruct Founders Parkway from Allen Street to just south of Crowfoot Valley Road at a cost of $4.1 million, allowing a minimum 156-foot right of way along the road to allow CDOT to build additional lanes in the future at no cost, according to the department.
Castle Rock Public Works Director Bob Goebel says in a prepared statement that before Interstates 70 and 25, traffic logically flowed through downtown Castle Rock.
"It no longer makes sense to bring travelers through the congested areas," Goebel said. Now, travelers on Colo. 86 can continue on the highway via Founders Parkway instead of following the highway's old route when Fifth Street becomes Colo. 86 downtown at Rock Street.
This old segment of the highway will be renamed, according to the town, and residents along the road may have new addresses after records are changed this fall.
Colo. 86 identification markers will be posted on Founders Parkway, but the name will not be changed.
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