Rio Grande Trail Access
PRELIMINARY WORK UNDERWAY
Open Space and Trails is currently working through the permitting and permissions process with the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Department of Transportation for a bridge connection between the Aspen Village Subdivision and the Rio Grande Trail. Engineering work for the project is also ongoing; construction is currently expected in 2023.
In September 2021, the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails Board voted unanimously to support including construction of a bridge connection between Aspen Village and the trail in the 2022 budget for Open Space and Trails. Meanwhile, the Board of County Commissioners gave the project an informal go-ahead for budgeting purposes.
Engineering consultants have conducted a feasibility study/cost analysis for the connection. A pre-fabricated, steel-truss bridge is recommended along with alignment No. 2 among four bridge alignments that were considered. The steel-truss bridge would be similar to the one previously installed to link Lazy Glen Subdivision and the Rio Grande Trail.
Find the Sept. 7, 2021 meeting materials, including the engineers' report, below. Please sign up below if you are interested in being updated on this process.
Open Space and Trails is currently working through the permitting and permissions process with the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Department of Transportation for a bridge connection between the Aspen Village Subdivision and the Rio Grande Trail. Engineering work for the project is also ongoing; construction is currently expected in 2023.
In September 2021, the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails Board voted unanimously to support including construction of a bridge connection between Aspen Village and the trail in the 2022 budget for Open Space and Trails. Meanwhile, the Board of County Commissioners gave the project an informal go-ahead for budgeting purposes.
Engineering consultants have conducted a feasibility study/cost analysis for the connection. A pre-fabricated, steel-truss bridge is recommended along with alignment No. 2 among four bridge alignments that were considered. The steel-truss bridge would be similar to the one previously installed to link Lazy Glen Subdivision and the Rio Grande Trail.
Find the Sept. 7, 2021 meeting materials, including the engineers' report, below. Please sign up below if you are interested in being updated on this process.
| Bridge Connection 9.7.2021 Meeting Materials |
Contact: Jessie Young, Planning and Outreach Manager
jessie.young@pitkincounty.com
970-429-6169
jessie.young@pitkincounty.com
970-429-6169