Owl Canyon Road Improvements
The CR 70/9 (Owl Canyon Rd) Improvements Project consisted of roadway, intersection, and drainage/irrigation structure improvement for ~8 miles of roadway in northern Larimer County, CO.
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The Larimer County Engineering and Solid Waste Departments provided shared funding to move forward the County's 2008 Owl Canyon Corridor Study and the needed offsite improvements to support the County's new Landfill near the project limits.
The project included improvements of CR 70 (Owl Canyon Rd) from CR 5 to CR 9 (~4 miles) and of CR 9 from CR 70 up to the new Larimer County Landfill entrance (~4 miles). The improvements entailed roadway reconstruction, widening, subgrade stabilization, and repaving as well as two (2) intersection improvements, six (6) drainage/irrigation structure improvements, and guardrail improvements.
The most notable improvement on the project was the CR 70/9 intersection improvement adjacent the Box Elder Creek structure replacement. This intersection was located at the bottom of a steep hill, on a busy truck route, within a FEMA regulated Zone A floodplain, and adjacent to an undersized structure crossing Owl Canyon Rd on Box Elder Creek. In order to improve the intersection and drainage structure paved temporary roads (shoo-flys) had to be constructed on Owl Canyon Rd and CR 9 to continue the conveyance of the busy traffic the intersection sees on a daily basis.
AVI performed construction management and inspection services throughout life of the 18-month long project and served a key role in ensuring contract adherence and streamlined project delivery for the client.
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Submitted 8/18/26, 4:40 PM
