EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews are in their fifth month of making $8 million in improvements to a 2/3-mile stretch of Beacon Lite Road between Bricker Road and Wakonda Way, a mile south of the Douglas County line.
In a release issued on Monday, county officials said that the project is still in its beginning phase, including trench excavation, utility relocations, and storm sewer installations.
The goal is to increase safety along the hilly, winding, and fairly narrow stretch, having several bends, bumpy road conditions, steep banks, and issues with erosion and drainage.
Crews will also remove the sharpest bend on the south end of the construction zone by building a new road segment there.
However, some neighbors have told KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior that they are surprised by the number of trees removed for construction.
According to those neighbors who declined to be interviewed, the trees blocked the sight of traffic on Interstate 25 less than a mile to the east, and absorbed much of the traffic noise…