Recent line outages under investigation

Two recent line outages a ecting 911 lines are under investigation in Clear Creek

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A second outage in Clear Creek County disabled phone lines, including 911 lines on April 19. Emergency calls were routed to Gilpin county and directed back to Clear Creek for response. e rst outage occurred on April 11 and calls were also routed to Gilpin County. e line outages a ected cell phones and internet service as well, according to the Clear Creek Sheri ’s O ce.

According to CCSO, both outages were due to bers being cut by construction workers. CCSO said the April 19 outage impacted 3,466 individuals, including the county DMV and Clerk’s o ce.

A recent investigation found no ties to local CDOT projects for either outage, according to a representative from CDOT.

“ e April 11 outage was caused by a local company who struck the overhead line with a front end loader. e April 19 outage was caused by an error made by a Lumen subcontractor which caused the need for 2000 feet of ber line to be replaced,” CDOT said in a statement to the county.

Correction

911 lines have been restored in Clear

Due to incorrect information received, the following corrections are issued for the I-70 Floyd Hill progress story from the 4/13 issue of the Clear Creek Courant.

Construction on the project will begin in mid-June 2023, not May 2023. e following are corrected design, construction and completion dates for each section:

• East Section

Final Design: April 2023 Begin Construction: June 2023 Substantial Completion: Spring 2026

• Central Section Final Design: July 2024 Begin Construction: Fall 2024 Substantial Completion: End of 2028

• West Section: Final Design: October 2023 Begin Construction: Fall 2023 Substantial Completion: Fall 2027 e team will partner a paramedic with a LCSW. Calls to CCHAT will be dispatched through Clear Creek County dispatch, and law enforcement and EMS can initiate CCHAT response from the scene. Eventually, the county plans to make CCHAT directly requestable by community members, according to the information presented to county commissioners. e program was awarded

Finally, completion of the project is slated for the end of 2028. e paper regrets this error. For corrections, email k ore@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

$135,000 through Colorado’s Peace

O cer Grant .

CCHAT has also applied for a Behavioral Health Grant, as well as the EMTS Grant for $55,586, which the team expects to have an answer from in June.

Types of calls CCHAT will handle

Assist Disturbance Indecent

Exposure Intoxicated Person Safe2Tell Suicidal Psychiatric Trespass

Unwanted Party Welfare Check

Goals of the program

Reduce arrests Reduce contact with law enforcement when a community member is experiencing a nonviolent crisis Reduce emergency room visits Connect at risk community members with services Reduce costs e team hopes to hire two fulltime employees for the response team by June 1, 2023, and have a soft launch for the program by July 1, 2023, according to the presentation. e team also is looking to create a community feedback team to hear feedback from the community about the program and local needs.