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Subject: FW: FYI... Great Western Trail construction
From: Andy Nagel <info@gwtrail.com>
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Subject: Great Western Trail construction
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NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 21, 2020
Contact:
Andy Nagel, Trail Manager
(970) 396-6198
info@GWTrail.com
Construction has begun on 5.5 miles of the Great Western Trail between Severance and Eaton. The $850,000
construction project is funded by grants from the Federal Highway Administration's Transportation Alternatives Program
(TAP), Colorado Parks & Wildlife "Colorado the Beautiful" grant, and matching contributions from the towns of Eaton,
Severance, Windsor and Weld County.
The old Great Western Railway bed will be cleared, graded and a new 10' wide crusher fines trail surface installed on
top. A native grass mix will be seeded into all disturbed ground outside the trail surface. Construction will begin on the
west end of the project with the modification of the historic Roulard train trestle for use as a pedestrian and bicycle
bridge over the lake.
Construction contractor L4 Environmental will work eastward from County Road 27, with a projected completion date of
August 1, 2020. The final 1.5 miles of trail connecting into Severance is expected to be completed in 2021.
A rough schedule of construction activity is shown below.
1
6/I 420
020 - 1520
Segment
Earthwork
Surface installation
Seeding/Mulching
CR 27 - CR 29
May 21 —June 8
June 8 —June 17
June 22 —June 25
CR 29 — CR 31
June 3 —June 11
June 11- June 17
June 22 —June 25
CR 31— CR 33
June 15 —June 23
June 24 -June 30
July 2 —July 7
CR 33 — CR 35
June 29 —July 7
July 7 —July 13
July 14 —July 17
CR 35 — Cheyenne Av
July 13 — July 21
July 21 —July 27
July 28 —July 31
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