As part of the I-70 Vail Pass Auxiliary Lane study, the Colorado Department of Transportation is hosting a public meeting on Thursday, Feb. 13 to explain the project’s noise analysis process and share the results.  The meeting will be held at the Vail Golf & Nordic Clubhouse, 1775 Sunburst Drive, and will be focused specifically on traffic noise in East Vail. The meeting will begin with a brief presentation at 5:30 p.m. followed by an open house until 7:30 p.m. Residents and property owners of East Vail are encouraged to attend.

Pass-holder access to discount parking in the soccer field lot and the parking structures in Vail Village and Lionshead will be restricted next month for Pink, Green, Blue and Value card holders. These restrictions will last anywhere from three-weeks at the soccer field to one day in the parking structures. Parking pass holders are asked to plan ahead to avoid inconveniences.

An overview of construction activity in Vail.

The Town of Vail is seeking community members to fill five vacancies on the Art in Public Places Board. Applications are due to the town by 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21. Send letters of interest and experience to: Vail Town Council, Attn. Tammy Nagel, Town Clerk, 75 S. Frontage Rd., Vail, CO 81657 by mail or in person, or e-mail to tnagel@vailgov.com.  

Brief Description of Work
The project generally consists of the construction of a children’s play area which will include the removal and renovation of existing wooden structures, carpentry, fabrication of steel panels, installation of purchased and custom play equipment, installation of concrete curbs, ramps, sidewalks and structural footings, boulder walls, site grading, landscape and irrigation work.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WORK

The project includes removal and replacement of existing pavements, excavation and backfilling, installation of piping, and modification of fountain and pump components to replace a broken pipe supplying water to the ‘blast jet’ feature of the Sunbird Park pop-jet fountain.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WORK

 A 2” mill and asphalt overlay on W Lionshead Cir, E Lionshead Cir, W Meadow Dr and Bighorn Rd from Exit 180 to Pitkin Creek, approximately 2,100 Tons asphalt. 

 

Enjoy a free one-hour public art tour of Vail on the first and third Wednesdays of the month through April 15 with the Town of Vail’s Art in Public Places. Meet at 3:30 p.m. at the Vail Village Welcome Center on the top level of the Vail Village parking structure. 

A ribbon cutting for Vail’s newest public parking garage and guided tours of the community’s remodeled elementary school will be taking place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21. The activities will celebrate completion of the Red Sandstone parking garage and the reopening of the school following a $14 million renovation. Together, the facilities represent a multi-year partnership involving countywide voters, Eagle County Schools, Vail Resorts and the Town of Vail.

An overview of major construction activity in Vail.

Peak season parking restrictions will be in place during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

An overview of major construction activity in the Town of Vail.

At approximately 12:30 p.m. Jan.9, Katherine Gail Kreidle, 22, of Golden, Colo., turned herself in to the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office for an active arrest warrant for felony criminal mischief. The charge stemmed from a Jan. 2 incident in which an ice sculpture on the Gore Creek Promenade in Vail Village was destroyed.

The Town of Vail’s Gore Creek Water Quality Improvement Plan identified the I-70 West Vail interchange (Exit 173) as a high priority area for water quality improvements. Currently the interchange stormwater is treated by sumps (sand traps) at most inlets and a 1,000 gallon sand/oil interceptor (installed in 1997) located in the middle of the south roundabout prior to discharging into Gore Creek. The goal of the project is to increase water quality treatment effectiveness, potentially adding filtration to capture sediment, oil, metals and salts. For this project the consultant will evaluate water quality BMP’s, develop a ranking based on treatment effectiveness, constructability, cost of install, and cost of maintenance of each BMP. 

Free curbside collection of discarded Christmas trees will take place in Vail Dec. 26 through Jan. 31. Trees must be free of lights, tinsel, ornaments, stands and plastic wrapping. Also, trees should be left whole; do not cut trees into sections. Trees should be placed at the side of the road so as not to block the roadway.