Tag: Road Construction

Road work season…

Road crews were busy on Saturday grinding the pavement on County Road 8, east of Meeker, getting ready above to cross the intersection with County Road 4. According to one worker at the site, the project is designed to repave the first 11 miles of County Road 8 from where[Read More…]

Meeker sidewalk Phase 1 ending

RBC I Construction of Phase 1 of the new Meeker sidewalk project along the northern shoulder of Market Street between Watt’s Ranch Market and Fourth street and new crosswalks at Fifth and Eighth street intersections on Market Street is nearing completion with paving scheduled for next week. Phase 2 of[Read More…]

Plans underway to fix Highway 13 problems south of Meeker

MEEKER I On May 20, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) maintenance crews reported the failure of a downhill Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining wall on State Highway 13 at mile marker 29, causing the roadway to sag up to five feet in the area adjacent to the wall.

Hwy. 13 contruction…

Road construction on Highway 13 is ahead of schedule according to Colorado State Highway engineer and Meeker High School alumnus Eric Peterson. Peterson said the improvement is about a month ahead of schedule.