{"id":2452254,"date":"2019-12-15T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=317730"},"modified":"2019-12-15T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T05:30:00","slug":"deeply-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/deeply-disappointed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Deeply disappointed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Construction crews work on the 27th Street roundabout east of the new bridge on Thursday morning.<\/strong>
Peter Baumann\/Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The 27th Street Bridge in Glenwood Springs was supposed to reopen ahead of Monday morning\u2019s rush hour commute.<\/p>\n

Now, the city anticipates the 27th Street Bridge to remain closed possibly until Saturday.<\/p>\n

According to a news release, crews must still remove temporary asphalt on the west side of the bridge and replace it with concrete.<\/p>\n

That work \u2014 weather dependent \u2014 will begin early this week.<\/p>\n

While the bridge could stay closed until Saturday, the new roundabout could reopen to vehicles by Tuesday. Crews completed concrete pours in the roundabout Friday.<\/p>\n

According to the news release, the concrete needs three to four days to reach sufficient strength before vehicles can safely drive on it.<\/p>\n

Crews must also seal the concrete prior to reopening the roundabout.<\/p>\n

Earlier 27th Street Bridge and roundabout openings are possible depending on weather and concrete cure times, the news release said.<\/p>\n

The pedestrian bridge at 27th Street remains open and Eighth Street remains the designated detour route for motorists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city is deeply disappointed in how this project has progressed,\u201d Debra Figueroa, Glenwood Springs city manager, said in the news release.<\/p>\n

Contractor Ralph L. Wadsworth was paid $9.8 million to complete the project\u2019s construction, which included a bridge slide technique intended to minimize traffic impacts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sincerely apologetic for the impact this has had on our community and am thankful to our residents for their understanding and support as we finish this project,\u201d Figueroa said in the news release.<\/p>\n

The city also announced it had removed landscaping and wall coating work from Ralph L. Wadsworth\u2019s contract. Instead, either the city or a different contractor will complete that work in 2020.<\/p>\n

Following Saturday\u2019s new release from the city, Councilman Tony Hershey issued his own statement calling for a \u201cfull and complete investigation by an independent auditor and\/or engineers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is crucial that we have a full and complete audit of this project from start to finish and find out what went wrong here and why,\u201d Hershey said in the statement. \u201cThis is the people\u2019s money and what happened here is not acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the news release, Ralph L. Wadsworth was supposed to have completed the project no later than Dec. 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city is keeping track of damages and lane closure fees and has preserved its right to assess those fees,\u201d Karl Hanlon, Glenwood Springs city attorney, said in the news release. \u201cThe city has held off on collecting the fees to avoid additional delays and to ensure the project is finished as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The city could deduct a $43,000 lane rental fee for each day the bridge was closed past approved times like the 84-hour bridge slide, which also experienced delays.<\/p>\n

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

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Construction crews work on the 27th Street roundabout east of the new bridge on Thursday morning.Peter Baumann\/Post Independent The 27th Street Bridge in Glenwood Springs was supposed to reopen ahead of Monday morning\u2019s rush hour commute. Now, the city anticipates the 27th Street Bridge to remain closed possibly until Saturday. According to a news release, […]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2452254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 02:02:42","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":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}