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Cañon City's 2A Street Repair

Transportation

Turning a sales tax into better streets.

In November 2016, Cañon City voters approved Referendum 2A, a one-percent sales tax dedicated entirely to repairing and replacing the city’s streets. The 2024 program year was one of the largest to date: a $6.55 million slate that included full reconstruction of 1st and Main Street from US 50 to 4th Street and Pear Avenue from 19th Street to Field Avenue, along with resurfacing of 5th Street between Fairview Avenue and High Street and Harrison Avenue between 9th and 15th Streets. Year by year, the 2A program has worked through the roughly two-thirds of city streets once rated in poor condition.

Vivid Engineering served as project manager and the inspection and testing lead for the 2024 work — managing construction on the City’s behalf, inspecting reconstruction and paving operations, and testing soils, aggregates, concrete, and asphalt against project specifications. The result is a set of rebuilt downtown streets that meet national standards and will serve Cañon City for decades.

Project Details

  • Client

    City of Cañon City

  • Location

    Cañon City

  • Project Value

    $6.55 million (2024 budget)

  • Timeline

    2024

  • Sector

    Transportation

  • Services

    Construction Inspection & Testing

Project Location

1st Street and Main Street, Cañon City, CO 81212

Nearest City: Cañon City

County: Fremont

State: Colorado

Project site

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