After 10 years of dialogue and planning, starts and stops, boil orders and stimulus projects, we are entering our final stages of Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) approval for construction of the Town of Hot Sulphur Springs Pedestrian Bridge over the Colorado River!
Project Engineer Tony Krempin of TopKnot Engineering and I (Geoff Elliott of Grand Environmental Services) will meet with ToHSS Trustees this week to discuss some final design considerations, and how we will best facilitate the bidding and construction process. Part of our plan is to get our bridge-construction contractor on board late spring (May-June) and give the contractor a couple of summer months to organize workers, materials, and presumably, a pre-fabricated bridge for installation in September.
We will have cleared and prepared access and staging areas so our bridge contractor can focus on the bridge itself. We will follow bridge installation with other park improvements coordinated with final revegetation and stabilization for winter.
Contracting will be straightforward, following standard CDOT conditions and procedures as outlined in our ToHSS-CDOT Intergovernmental Agreement which will be available at Town Hall along with TopKnot draft designs.
Posted by Geoff Elliott, Grand Environmental Services
