Project Information
The City of Colorado Springs is implementing improvements to the 30th Street Corridor between Fontanero Street and Mesa Road. The project will improve safety and mobility for travelers, bicyclists, and pedestrians; improve water quality; stabilize hillside slopes; and create an effective emergency evacuation corridor for northwest Colorado Springs. This project was awarded to improve corridor emergency response needs, recognized during evacuation from the Waldo Canyon Fire. The project will also improve: safety of bicyclists riding in mixed traffic on 30th Street; Garden of the Gods Park entrance congestion, and untreated roadway runoff that flows into the Park and adjacent neighborhoods.
The addition of multi-use shoulders to 30th Street between Fontanero Street and Mesa Road will widen the road, creating space for emergency vehicles and evacuation, and provide a safe space for bicyclists to ride. The new roundabout at Gateway Road will reduce congestion and improve safety for corridor travelers and park visitors, and will create a “sense of arrival” for the park entrance. In addition, there will be a new pedestrian underpass for Foothills Trail at Gateway Road. Stormwater improvements will include roadside new curb, gutter, storm sewer, and water quality treatment.
These corridor improvements have been developed over a four-year period (2017 – 2021), with continuous community and agency involvement in exploring alternatives, developing design concepts, and evaluating environmental impacts. The City received environmental clearances for the project from Colorado Department of Transportation and Federal Highways Administration.
