Baseline Road Transportation Safety Project

Company

APC Construction

Project Type

Asphalt

Asphalt Paving

Location

Boulder

Owner: City of Boulder

General Contractor: APC Construction

Start Date: Spring 2023

Completion Date: Summer 2023

Subcontractors/Key Contractors:

  • Trinity Traffic Control
  • Stripe Right – Striping

Materials and Quantities Used:

  • 1629.5 tons patching
  • 2742.5 tons Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) ¾” paving
  • 9812.3 tons HMA ½” paving
  • 8864.5 tons Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) ½” paving

Project Description:

The Baseline Road Transportation Safety Project will improve multimodal travel safety along Baseline Road from 30th Street to Foothills Parkway.

This section of Baseline Road is one of the most-traveled corridors in the city and is home to many key community destinations and services, including: apartments, grocery stores, affordable housing, health centers, shops and student housing for the University of Colorado Boulder. However, it is also a location with a high number of serious-injury crashes compared to other streets in the city.

Phase 1 of the project focuses on enhancing safety and accessibility for all roadway users through the following improvements:

  • Repaving and Restriping
    • Roadway repaving to ensure smoother travel.
    • Restriping for narrower travel lanes.
    • Addition of new or widened bike lane buffers.
    • Removal of the eastbound right-turn lane from Mohawk Drive to the Meadows shopping center.
  • Bike Lane Enhancements
    • Separation of bike lanes from vehicle lanes with flexible posts.
    • Green bike lane markings for increased visibility.
  • Pedestrian Safety Features
    • New crosswalks and corner islands to improve crossing safety.
    • Painted curb extensions at select intersections to reduce pedestrian and bicycle crossing distances.

Phase 1 will conclude with the installation of concrete barriers to replace flexible posts at key locations along the corridor. These changes aim to create a safer, more efficient, and multimodal transportation corridor.

Progress Timelapse

Learn more about the Baseline Road Transportation Safety Project at https://bouldercolorado.gov/baseline-project.