Project Updates

Project Completion: As of May, 2024, the Loop is 67.2 percent complete based on work finished.

Update May 12:

Paving is once again scheduled for Moraine Avenue west of the roundabout while crews pave the tie-in to the existing roadway. The paving crew will then move to the east half of the post office parking lot and East Riverside Drive, weather permitting. Low temperatures and snow did not allow for paving to occur the week of May 6 as perviously scheduled.

The temporary signal on Moraine Avenue at Davis Street will remain in place through the month of May to assist with traffic flow. During this time, Davis Street (west side of US 36) will be closed and drivers will be required to use Davis Street from Moraine Avenue. Personnel will be in place for the weekend to manually monitor and adjust traffic at separate locations within the Loop. This is expected to take place on weekends until this phase of construction is completed.

*To access the post office, please use the Town’s Riverside Parking lot, located north of Rockwell Street or find alternate parking. Please remember to frequent those businesses that are heavily impacted during this phase of construction. All schedules are subject to change based on weather, unforeseen circumstances and available resources needed to complete the job.

Some of the work occurring for the week:

  • Walls will be poured for the new retaining wall north of the roundabout (east side of Moraine Ave).

  • Curbs and gutters to be built from the existing sidewalk north of the roundabout to the new retaining wall (east side of Moraine Ave).

  • Electrical and irrigation work will continue on the southwest corner of Elkhorn and E. Riverside in preparation for new sidewalks and gutters. The Dairy Queen parking lot may have the E. Riverside entrance closed for this work. Access to the parking lot will be from Elkhorn Avenue if the closure is needed.

  • Electrical work will continue at the corner of Moraine Ave and Elkhorn.

The following traffic configuration is currently in place:

  • A one-way configuration when traveling west on Elkhorn Ave from the Elkhorn Ave/E. Riverside Drive intersection

  • A one-lane, one-way configuration when traveling south on Moraine Ave from Elkhorn Ave to Crags Drive – temporary signal in place to assist with traffic flow

  • A one-way partial roundabout flow when traveling through the intersection of Crags Drive and Moraine Ave, which will be delineated by signs and barriers

  • A one-lane, one-way configuration when traveling northbound on W. Riverside Drive

  • A one-lane, one-way when traveling north on E. Riverside Drive from the new bridge

  • All remaining roads outside of the above bulleted points will remain in their current traffic configuration

  • The post office parking lot is closed and will remain closed through the spring. To access the post office, please use Rockwell Street. Post office and restaurant patrons need to park in the Town’s Riverside Parking lot, located north of Rockwell Street, or find alternate parking.

  • A closure of the Rockwell bridge with a detour south through the post office parking lot and across the new bridge onto E. Riverside Drive

  • No right turn from the bridge onto E. Riverside Drive

Traffic Impacts:

Full closures are in place 24/7. Other daytime impacts may include the following and will go from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays and weekends (excluding holidays):

  • One-lane closure on East Riverside Drive

  • One-lane closure on Moraine Avenue/US 36

  • One-lane closure on Elkhorn Avenue

Project Timeline:

Spring 2024:

  • Improvements to the Elkhorn/Moraine intersection

  • Improvements to Elkhorn/East Riverside intersection

  • Improvements to the post office parking lot

  • East Riverside Drive storm line construction

  • Crags Drive and Moraine Avenue roundabout concrete paving

  • Baldwin Park retaining walls

  • New stairs at Moraine Avenue and West Riverside Drive

  • River wall from the new bridge to the Rockwell Street bridge

Summer 2024 to Fall/Winter 2024:

  • Improvements to Elkhorn/Riverside continued

  • Resurfacing Moraine Avenue, Elkhorn Avenue and Rockwell Street

  • Reconstructing East Riverside Drive

  • Installing new landscaping and irrigation

New Construction Project

A new construction project has begun in Estes Park on US 36 with varying traffic impacts, currently a lane closure west of the roundabout. This is not part of the Loop project. For more information, please contact the project team at:

Project website: https://www.codot.gov/projects/us34us36resurfacing

Project hotline: 970-673-4322

Project email: us34andus36resurfacing@getinfonow.us

Impacts to Other Modes of Travel

There is a detour in place for pedestrians who are wanting to access Piccadilly Square from Moraine Ave/US Highway 36. Pedestrians will take Rockwell Drive east and then turn south in front of the post office. Then, cross W. Riverside Drive to the river walk alongside the Big Thompson River. Pedestrians will next head south toward Baldwin Park and access Piccadilly Square from there.  Please note, there is no pedestrian access at the roundabout location (Crags Drive, W. Riverside Drive and Moraine Ave).