PARKER CENTRAL PROJECTS
P3 works to partner with different organizations to improve Parker. In 2020, the organization partnered with the Town of Parker to share the financing on several projects in the heart of Parker. In Parker Central, P3 will invest in seven area improvement projects totaling $13M. These projects will address several needed improvements, including expanding pedestrian access, improving landscaping, improving traffic circulation, and adding much-needed street lighting.
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Capital Improvement Projects (CIP)
O’Brien Park Southern Edge Improvements
Project Description: This project will install pedestrian and landscape improvements along the southern edge of O'Brien Park adjacent to Mainstreet.
Project Cost: $600,000
Construction Begins: Fall 2023
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Mainstreet & Twenty Mile Intersection Improvements
Project Description: To allow for improved traffic operations along Twenty Mile Road, this project adds turn lanes at the intersection of Mainstreet.
Project Cost: $1.65M
Construction Begins: 2024
Dransfeldt Widening
Project Description: This project widens Dransfeldt Road from Mainstreet to Pony Express Drive.
Project Cost: $3M
Construction Begins: 2024
Pikes Peak Drive Pedestrian Improvements
Project Description: The project generally includes widening select sidewalks, adding pedestrian lighting, improving crosswalks, improving street drainage and undergrounding overhead power lines. The existing 5-ft public sidewalks along Victorian Peaks and Parker Flats will remain unchanged.
During the construction process, traffic will be managed through lane closures and methods of handling traffic (MHT) that will be implemented in phases. These methods may include narrowed lanes, on-street parking closures, lane shifts, and occasional one-lane closures. Priority will be given to ensure that businesses and residences have access while coordinating with property owners for driveway reconstruction. The MHT plans and duration will vary depending on the phase of construction and the type of work being done, and may change on a daily basis.
The project will include four phases of construction.
Phase 1: East side of Pikes Peak Drive from Sulphur Gulch Trail to Pikes Peak Avenue
Phase2: East side of Pikes Peak Drive from Pikes Peak Ave to Mainstreet
Phase 3: West side of Pikes Peak Drive from Mainstreet to Pikes Peak Avenue
Phase 4: West side of Pikes Peak Drive from Pikes Peak Avenue to Sulphur Gulch Trail
The project is expected to be complete in October/November 2023.
Project Cost: $3M
Construction Begins: Spring 2023
Project Completion: Fall 2023
Current Capital Improvement Projects Overview
COMPLETED projects
Mainstreet Safety Enhancements and Circulation
Project Description: An anticipated safety and circulation improvements project will begin construction in downtown Parker in Fall 2021.This project will add pedestrian safety and circulation improvements on Victorian Drive and Mainstreet, as well as a new traffic signal at the Mainstreet/Victorian Drive (west) intersection. For more details about this project, see the diagram displayed to the left.
Project Cost: $1.5M
Project Completion: 2022
Cottonwood Bridge
Project Description: The Cottonwood Drive Widening Project, stretching from Cottonwood Way to Jordan Road, is nearing completion. Crews are working diligently to open all four lanes prior to the end of 2021. Some additional project items will remain to be completed in the spring of 2022.
Project Cost: $11M
P3 Contribution: $8M
Town of Parker: $3M & Labor
Project Completion: 2021
Town & Country Village Sidewalk & Landscape Improvements
Project Description: This project will widen the sidewalks on the north side of Mainstreet in front of Town & Country Village. It also includes much-needed landscape improvements.
Project Cost: $1.5M
Project Completion: 2023