{"id":1318485,"date":"2020-03-01T19:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T02:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=994145"},"modified":"2020-03-02T08:24:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:24:17","slug":"as-winter-turns-to-spring-pothole-repairs-begin-in-glenwood-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/as-winter-turns-to-spring-pothole-repairs-begin-in-glenwood-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"As winter turns to spring, pothole repairs begin in Glenwood Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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City of Glenwood Springs employee Travis Payne works with other crewmen to fill potholes near the Yampah Vapor Caves on Friday afternoon.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Glenwood Springs\u2019 sporadic snowfall and fluctuating high and low temperatures this winter have made pothole repairs challenging. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey are very hard to fix properly in the wintertime,\u201d said Matthew Langhorst, Glenwood Springs director of public works. \u201cWith most of those potholes being filled with either water or ice and the asphalt around it being extremely cold, it makes repairing them more time consuming.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Langhorst, potholes form in the city\u2019s streets when water finds its way into cracks or holes, freezes and then thaws out. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe freeze-thaw cycle is the main cause of the asphalt popping, which causes potholes,\u201d Langhorst said. <\/p>\n

Traffic contributes as well \u2014 14,000 vehicles travel Midland Avenue daily. Nearly 5,000 vehicles use Blake Avenue on a daily basis, which makes those roadways particularly difficult to maintain. <\/p>\n

If funding comes together, Langhorst said the city will mill and overlay Midland Avenue between 27th and Eighth Street ahead of South Midland\u2019s reconstruction that is likely to begin later this year.<\/p>\n

The South Midland reconstruction project, for which the city received a $7 million Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant, will replace the section of roadway immediately south of the Midland and 27th Street roundabout to just past the Four Mile intersection. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue is, they don\u2019t have the resources and we\u2019re spending money on other things. They can only fix so much with what they have,\u201d Councilor Tony Hershey said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of priorities \u2014 that\u2019s what it has always been.\u201d<\/p>\n

The city has approximately $5.76 million in the 2020 budget for street and infrastructure repairs and $13.5 million designated for South Midland\u2019s design and reconstruction. <\/p>\n

The city released its 2020-2025 Strategic Vision on Friday, which listed the reconstruction of South Midland, Cedar Crest and Red Mountain\u2019s streets and utilities as a \u201chigh\u201d priority. <\/p>\n

Improvements to Blake Avenue earned a \u201cmedium\u201d ranking in the strategic vision document. <\/p>\n

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Solomon Stevens shovels asphalt mix from the pothole trailer while filling holes with other city crewmen near the Yampah Vapor Caves.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cAll of the streets are a priority,\u201d Councilor Paula Stepp said. \u201cI just want to make sure that\u2019s on the priority list every year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Langhorst said crews were not only repairing potholes but also trying to correct any drainage issues that would prevent water from leaving roadways.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the city\u2019s \u201cpothole trailer\u201d has performed preventative maintenance and repairs throughout Glenwood Springs Langhorst explained. <\/p>\n

\u201cJust replacing the asphalt is not always the fix,\u201d Langhorst said. \u201cA lot of our roadways have improper base material holding them up and have undersized or non-existent drainage systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

City of Glenwood Springs employee Travis Payne works with other crewmen to fill potholes near the Yampah Vapor Caves on Friday afternoon.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent Glenwood Springs\u2019 sporadic snowfall and fluctuating high and low temperatures this winter have made pothole repairs challenging.  \u201cThey are very hard to fix properly in the wintertime,\u201d said Matthew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-05 13:02:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1318499,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318485\/revisions\/1318499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}