County, Parker enter IGA for $20M road extension

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Parker Town Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement, or IGA, with Douglas County to share construction costs related to the ongoing Dransfeldt Road Extension Project.

While still needing nal approval from the Douglas County Commission, the IGA calls for the county to contribute $8 million to the estimated $20 million project.

e extension involves Dransfeldt Road south of Twenty Mile Road, over Cherry Creek, connecting to Motsenbocker Road. Part of the expansion is located in unincorporated Douglas County, requiring the coordinated e ort.

e original agreement for the design was amended in 2019, again in 2021 and 2022 for funding to complete the project design.

e extension includes improvements to Motsenbocker Road from the Todd Drive intersection to the proposed new Dransfeldt and Motsenbocker intersection as well as improvements from the new Dransfeldt and Motsenbocker intersection to the Longland Parkway intersection.

Douglas County requested a new IGA for construction funding rather than continuously re-amending the existing agreement.

“Both the town, sta and county sta thought that it was better if we just started a new IGA to fund the construction e ort of this project,” said Director of Public Works and Engineering Tom Williams.

According to a document provided to the town, this construction IGA acknowledges the town’s other agreement with the Mile High Flood District and the Cherry

Creek Basin Water Quality Authority for the oodway improvements.

As part of the expansion, crews plan to build the bridge as a three lane section.

“We have designed and will construct the superstructure — which is the foundation of the bridge,” said Williams. “If it ever does need to be widened in the future, we can accommodate that for future expansion.”