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DEC 1 81984
COUNTY DELEGATIONS
i ') REQUEST $ 2.3 BILLION
] .. IN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
At the State Highway Commission's county hearings this autumn, road
requests from county and community delegations totaled a figure almost eight
times the construction money available in Colorado.
Satisfying all the road and bridge requests voiced at hearings in Pueblo,
Denver and Grand Junction would require an estimated $ 2,279,043,000. The
state's construction budget for the current fiscal year began with a total of
$ 294.3 million.
By location, the road and bridge requests were:
Pueblo hearings $ 417,439,000
Denver hearings 1,379,616,000
Grand Junction hearings 481,988,000
Fifty-five delegations submitted requests this autumn, asking for 402
separate construction projects. In 1985 the Commission will schedule its hear-
ings in Colorado Springs, Denver and Grand Junction.
The county hearings initiate a process which helps decide how federal and
state funds will be spent. Traffic counts, accident frequency, a Five Year High-
way Program of Projects and recommendations from Highway Division district
engineers are some of the other factors considered. Projects to be funded are
usually announced at a Highway Commission meeting in late Spring or early summer.
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Department of .Highways
Dec. 13, 1984
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR
TRANSIT SERVICES GRANTS
The Department of Highways has announced that funds are obtainable for two
grant programs it administers under the Urban Mass Transportation Administration
(UMTA) . The Section 16(b) (2) program provides capital equipment and vehicles for
elderly and handicapped services, and the Section 18 program grants "operating
and administrative" expenses or capital equipment to transit services in rural
areas.
Private, non-profit organizations which transport elderly or handicapped
citizens may apply for capital assistance grants in the Section 16(b) (2) program.
Colorado has $ 275,130 in federal money currently available, which is about the
same amount of money received from UMTA last year. The money equates to about
twelve vehicles.
The Department has received confirmation from UMTA that $ 706,653 in federal
funds are available to Colorado for public transit in rural areas. State agencies,
subdivisions of the state (communities and counties) , Indian tribes, and private
non-profit organizations may apply. This year's allocation is about three percent
more than last year's grant level.
Application packages will be mailed out in January. But interested
persons are encouraged to inquire now, by calling 757-9266 (Denver phone) or writing
to the Transit Unit, Division of Transportation Planning, Colorado Dept. of
Highways, 4201 East Arkansas Ave. , Denver CO 80222.
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BIDS TO BE OPENED
Jan. 3: delete: I 70-2(119) opens Jan. 17 instead.
Jan. 10: 9:30 a.m. , I-76 construction in Adams county, consisting of
grading, structures, bridges, topsoil, seeding and mulching, beginning 0.2 mile
east of S.H. 95 (Sheridan Blvd. ) and extending 0.1 mile easterly; consisting of
channel relocation, grading, structures, topsoil,seeding, mulching and landscap-
ing, beginning 0.05 mile east of SH 95 (Sheridan Blvd.) and extending 0.4 mile
easterly, I 76-1 (87) and I 76-1(83) .
9:45 a.m. , consisting of bank and channel stabilization, located
along the Colorado River adjacent to I-70 between mileposts 62 and 64, at
DeBeque in Mesa county, IR 70-1(101) .
10:00 a.m. , Structure replacement southeast of Crawford, consist-
ing of grading, concrete box culvert, stabilization and hot bituminous pavement,
located on S.H. 92, 9.1 miles and 11.7 miles southeast, Montrose county,BRs 0092(8) .
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Department of Highways
Dec. 13, 1984
BIDS TO BE OPENED (continued)
Jan. 17: add: 9:30 a.m. , Bridges for the Grizzly Creek I-70 interchange
in Glenwood Canyon, consisting of grading, structures, retaining walls,
stabilization, hot bituminous pavement, signing, striping, top soil, seeding,
and mulching, located on I-70, beginning three miles east of Glenwood Springs and
extending 0.3 mile easterly, in Garfield county, I 70-2(119) .
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CONTRACTS AWARDED
Road/ Bid Contract
Project Street Description Awarded To Opening Awarded
BRF 071-2 (5) S.H. 71 a Set-Aside proj- A & R Concrete 12/6/84 12/12/84
ect to provide a Construction,
concrete box Inc. , $113,801
culvert near
Brush. Bidding
was open only to
certified pre-
qualified minority
firms.
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