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Council approves IGA with CDOT for Parker Road multiuse path; construction to follow
Summary
The town approved Ordinance No. 9.385, authorizing an intergovernmental agreement with CDOT that clarifies maintenance responsibilities for two new trail segments and retaining walls along Parker Road, enabling the town to advertise the project for construction in 2025.
The Parker Town Council voted unanimously to approve Ordinance No. 9.385 on second reading, authorizing an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Colorado Department of Transportation for the Parker Road multiuse path project. The IGA defines the town’s maintenance and operations responsibilities for the improvements and is required by CDOT before the state will grant concurrence to advertise the project for construction.
Town staff presenter Mr. Burke described the project as two segments of trail and sidewalk on the east side of Parker Road: one crossing town-owned property between Pine Drive and the Pine Bluffs neighborhood and a second adjacent to the Robinson Ranch subdivision that will include two retaining walls within CDOT right-of-way. Burke said the work is part of the Parker Road Sidewalks East Side Gaps project and that construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2025.
Director DeLaura and council members said the agreement allows Parker to leverage approximately $3,600,000 in state and federal construction funding, with a town match of about $1,400,000 that had been appropriated previously in the Highway and Streets Capital Project Fund. Burke summarized what the IGA assigns to the town: maintenance of the two retaining walls, two pedestrian bridges, split-rail fence and the new 10-foot concrete path segments, plus other facilities located on town property or easements.
Council members asked about annual maintenance costs; staff said there was no set annual figure but described the anticipated upkeep as “pretty minor” and expected to fit into normal maintenance schedules. Council voted to adopt the ordinance after questions and a brief public-comment period that produced no speakers.
The approved IGA is the final authorization needed for CDOT to issue concurrence to advertise the construction contract. Once concurrence is received, the town will advertise the project and select a contractor for construction.
