Work to start Monday on Sherman stormwater project

Starting next week, Fort Morgan residents should expect traffic disruptions along South Sherman Street, as construction work begins on a storm drainage project, according to a city news release.

The stormwater project and its related delays and closures are expected to continue through at least Oct. 31.

Work will start Monday, Sept. 8, on the project, which will construct a storm drainage system along five blocks of South Sherman. The project is part of the city's storm drainage master plan and resulted from a drainage study and design completed for the south quadrant of the city in 2011.

The project is scheduled to commence at the southern end of the project area and move northward in phases, the news release stated.

The stretch of Sherman Street from Morgan County Road Q.7 ("Lover's Lane") to Southridge Road will be the first area closed to through traffic. That section of the road is scheduled to be closed for approximately two weeks, and the work will then shift north to the next section.

Only local traffic will be permitted in the project area, and detours will be through surrounding residential areas, according to the news release. Motorists are advised to plan ahead to avoid the area of South Sherman and use alternate routes. Traffic control and detour signage will be in place throughout the project.

Meanwhile, the expected closure of Ensign Street to complete resurfacing of that road has been postponed until late September, according to the news release.

Because of the volume of concrete under the roadway on Ensign that must be removed before repaving, that phase of the project is expected to take four to five weeks much longer than a simple paving project.

With the Fall Harvest Car Show and the Pedal the Plains bicycling event scheduled for Sept. 19-21, the Ensign project was moved back to avoid having construction ongoing so close to downtown during those events.

The plan now calls for the Ensign work to resume on the Monday after the car show, Sept. 22.

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Work to start Monday on Sherman stormwater project