CDOT Traffic Alert – US 36 During the Holidays
ONE LANE OF US 36 CLOSED BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND PINEWOOD SPRINGS NOW THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS Effective immediately and lasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week through at least Friday, January 3, CDOT has closed the western lane of US 36 near mile marker 10 north of Pinewood Springs and south of Estes Park. The temporary roadway is in significant need of repairs at the location, where the hillside beneath the highway has degraded and the roadway is no longer stable. In the interest of motorist safety, the lane will be closed until emergency repairs can be made after the New Year holiday. Motorists should be prepared for a single lane of alternating traffic 24/7 via traffic signal or flaggers with delays of up to 15 minutes expected. Drivers are encouraged to build...
Read More$5,000 Raised from Mountain Strong Shirt Sales
Remember all those Mountain Strong t-shirts you purchased at the Lifebridge meeting? Well… our community just received a $5,000 donation resulting from the proceeds of those sales! Thank you Ron and everyone at Trail Ridge Printing Company for your generous support of Pinewood Springs! You can still buy the shirts online (or at theColorado Cherry Company)… they make great Christmas gifts and proceeds will continue to go to our mountain communities affected by the flood. LINK: http://www.trailridgeprinting.com/
Read MoreLarimer County: Debris Removal Begins November 25th
Fort Collins, CO – In addition to the Flood 2013 debris pick-up schedule, Larimer County’s Solid Waste Department has announced a flood debris helpline, (970)498-7140, where residents can call for debris pick-up updates beginning Monday, Nov. 25. Larimer County has contracted with T.F.R. Enterprises Inc., to remove debris on County owned and maintained roads, and Leidos Inc., who will monitor the debris removal. The debris removal schedule also begins Monday, November 25 with the first pick-ups on: 1. County Road 43 from the switch backs down to Glen Haven – the lower part of County Road 43 is still under construction and will be picked up at a later date. 2. Pinewood Springs area 3. South County- in an area related to County Road 4 west of Hwy. 287 – for...
Read MoreMail Delivery to Pinewood Springs
Roadside mail delivery to our Pinewood Springs mailboxes will resume on Monday, November 18th. If you haven’t been picking up your mail consistently since the flood, please stop by the Lyons Post office to pick up your old mail. Also, some UPS and FedEx packages for Pinewood residents are still sitting at the Lyons General Store on Main Street. Many of these packages were sent when the highway was closed and date back to September and October. Just stop by there to see if you have any old packages to pick up.
Read MoreIroquois Road Now Open
I am pleased to announce that Iroquois Road is now available for use allowing heavy vehicles to bypass the five ton weight restricted Seneca bridge. Our contractor, Bladeworks, has built a ramp from Cree Court to the damaged end of Iroquois. Fire, propane, garbage, and other heavy trucks can now access the previously inaccessible area by taking Kiowa to the first Wichita Road intersection to Cree Court to Iroquois. The road is open but there will be periods, once roadbase material becomes available, when there may be restricted use while the road is surfaced. Donn Fairbank Chair, PWS Road Board
Read MoreLetter from the Pinewood Springs Water Board
The Pinewood Springs Water District is, like everyone else, elated about the opening of US 36 between Lyons and Estes Park. The residents along US 36 have had to deal with inconvenience and limited access while work on US 36 was underway. It should be noted that US 36 was opened so quickly at the expense of many other infrastructure projects that were delayed in order to limit traffic while the highway was under repair. Century Link, for example, could not get to much of their damaged equipment due to the travel restrictions. It was also difficult for the local districts to get materials in and out of the area. One should be very careful when saying that US 36 is open so: “Why isn’t my water on?”, or “Why isn’t my phone working?”, or “Why...
Read MoreLarimer County Releases “After the Flood” Video
The mid-September 2013 Flood in northern Colorado devastated many communities. The Board of Larimer County Commissioners has released a 7-minute video ‘Larimer County – Life After the Flood’ detailing the flood damage and the recovery efforts made by a host of entities in Larimer County. Mountain roads were hit especially hard in the flood and it has taken until now to create access with temporary roads for residents. Commissioner Chair Steve Johnson spear-headed the project, “Larimer County is committed to responding immediately to natural disasters to help citizens. I felt the video was the best way to show citizens how we are working to restore their lives to as close to normal as possible. The video also serves to show people from all over the county the...
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