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2C Road Improvement

Transportation

Keeping a citywide repaving promise.

In 2015, Colorado Springs voters approved the 2C sales tax to tackle a backlog of failing streets, and they renewed it in 2019 and again in 2024. Since the program began in 2016 it has repaved more than 1,900 lane miles, rebuilt roughly 400 miles of curb and gutter, and installed thousands of new and retrofitted pedestrian ramps across the city — one of the largest sustained paving efforts in Colorado, with about half of every dollar going to the concrete beside the road.

Vivid Engineering serves as one of the lead quality assurance testing firms for the program’s concrete and asphalt work. Our technicians test and document paving, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and pedestrian ramps across each year’s project list, verifying that every placement meets City specifications. That oversight protects the long-term durability of the investment and helps the City deliver smoother streets and better accessibility, year after year.

Project Details

  • Client

    City of Colorado Springs

  • Location

    Colorado Springs

  • Timeline

    2016 – present

  • Sector

    Transportation

  • Services

    Construction Inspection & Testing

Project Location

Citywide road program, Colorado Springs, CO

Nearest City: Colorado Springs

County: El Paso

State: Colorado

Project site

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