COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Numerous citizens have asked when projects on Galley Road, one of which started early last year, will end the road closures and detours they’ve endured.
Galley cuts through several neighborhoods and is a convenient east-west route for drivers between Academy and Powers boulevards, but citizens have been frustrated by the impacts from three infrastructure projects.
The latest started Monday and was expected to continue through Thursday at the intersection of Galley and Potter Drive, where Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) is repairing a faulty valve on a 24-inch water main.
CSU initially said that the intersection would be closed, but daytime eastbound traffic was open on Monday, and it appeared that one lane in each direction was open overnight.
However, crews repaved the area late Tuesday morning, and CSU said that the intersection would fully reopen on Wednesday morning.
The utility is also replacing an old water main on Galley between the west fork of Sand Creek bridge and Powers Boulevard.
It’s a three-phase project that began early last summer, and crews have finished the first two phases to bring the new main to Space Center Drive; CSU hasn’t finalized when the final phase across Powers will start…