Vail Transit will be providing additional service this summer on the East Vail route to accommodate evening events at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. Beginning Saturday, June 23, and continuing when evening events are occurring at the Amphitheater, bus service will be provided every 30 minutes on the East Vail route leaving the Vail Transportation Center at 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. with stops at Ford Park. This is in addition to hourly scheduled departures from 6 to 9 p.m. 

Environmental sustainability efforts and housing opportunities have been identified as high priorities for the Vail Town Council to consider in the coming months according to respondents who took part in the Town of Vail community survey which was circulated during the spring. The survey findings were presented to the Town Council on June 19 by the research firm RRC Associates which also included an overview of department and service ratings.

A recap of construction activity in Vail.

After several years of planning, the Town of Vail’s Art in Public Places welcomes renowned environmental artist Patrick Dougherty to Vail on Monday, June 4. The artist will work daily (except June 16 & 17) through June 22 to create a monumental "Stickwork" installation in Ford Park. Nestled between the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater and the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, it will be highly accessible for all to enjoy. 

The Town of Vail has contracted with Elam Construction to complete this year’s asphalt overlay project. This includes asphalt milling and paving on roads in Vail Village, the Golf Course neighborhood and the I-70 westbound on ramps at West Vail and Vail Town Center. Single lane traffic will be maintained during the work.

An overview of construction projects taking part in Vail.

Participants and spectators attending the GoPro Mountain Games June 7-10 are encouraged to bike, walk or take the bus to the event as parking will be at full capacity. As an incentive to leave your car at home and help reduce your environmental impact, join the town’s free Sole Power Challenge at solepower.org and log your miles. Sole Power participants will be eligible for additional raffle prizes this weekend to help support active transportation to or from the Mountain Games. 

A recap of construction activity occurring in Vail.

Beginning Saturday, June 2, Vail Transit will modify its West Vail Green and Sandstone routes due to construction activity at the Red Sandstone Elementary School site which will temporarily close the bus stop in front of the school.

An overview of construction activity in Vail.

The Town of Vail has transitioned to its summer parking operations in the Vail Village and Lionshead structures as of May 25. The structures will continue to remain free for daytime parking with connecting free bus service to event venues and activities throughout town, including express service to Ford Park. New this summer will be a $25 fee for vehicles stored overnight in the structures.  

Town of Vail buses will transition from the spring schedule to the summer schedule beginning Memorial Day, May 28. The summer schedule, which will run through mid-December, will provide either 30-minute, 40-minute or up to one-hour service on most outlying routes during peak times and one-to-two hour service on most outlying routes during non-peak times. Returning this summer will be an extension of the in-town route to Ford Park via Vail Valley Drive which will operate daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. as well as added frequency on the East Vail, Golf Course and Sandstone routes following a successful pilot.

A recap of construction activity in Vail.

The construction work includes landscape walls, wetland plantings and irrigation/landscape installation. Work is to be performed at the I-70 East Vail Exit (Exit 180). All work excluding tree and shrub plantings and above ground irrigation is to be completed by October 31, 2018. Plantings and remaining irrigation to be completed in May-June 2019.

The Vail Village and Lionshead parking structures are currently available for free, unlimited access. This is in advance of the town’s fully-staffed summer parking operations which will begin May 25.