Weekly Construction Report: Dec. 12-19

Hello Loveland!

Here are our project updates to date with a look at upcoming work.

Progress Dec. 15-19

  • Work focused on all sides of the 29th Street and Taft Avenue intersection.
  • Crews worked from the outer edges of their zones toward the center near the intersection.
  • They excavated, trenched and installed a larger waterline on 29th Street.
  • Crews installed a new valve along N. Taft Avenue on the north side of the intersection.

Installing a valve on N. Taft Avenue on Dec. 15

29th Street: A crane lowers in line stop equipment on the west side of the intersection on Dec. 15

Upcoming Work: Week of Dec. 22

  • Major waterline installation across the intersection will begin next week. All remaining waterline for the intersection work is expected to be laid during the week.
  • Two crews will be deployed, one laying remaining pipe east and west and another laying pipe north and south.
  • Once all waterlines are laid, line stops placed along the pipeline on 29th Street on either side of the intersection will be removed.
  • Traffic detours will be in place and clearly marked to guide drivers around the closures.
    • Drivers should avoid the intersection if possible.
    • Updated detour maps will be provided below for alternate routes.

Northbound traffic on N. Taft Avenue will be restricted to a right turn onto 29th Street and will need to use Garfield Avenue and 37th Street to reconnect with Taft Avenue and continue north.


Southbound traffic on N. Taft Avenue will encounter a hard closure at 29th Street and should detour earlier at 43rd Street to the west or 37th Street to the east around the construction. Local access to homes and businesses will be maintained along N. Taft Avenue between 37th Street and 29th Street.

Traffic on 29th Street will be eastbound only through the intersection. Eastbound traffic on 29th Street will have limited or no access for right turns or southbound travel onto N. Taft Avenue.

Westbound traffic on 29th Street will be restricted to a right turn onto N. Taft Avenue and will need to use 43rd Street to continue west.

Looking ahead: Week of Dec. 29

  • Crews will pave and patch the intersection to prepare it for traffic again. As soon as they are able, weather permitting, they will reopen work zones and remove detours.

Working hours

Week of Dec. 22
Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Crews will take Thursday, Dec. 25 off for the Christmas holiday. Work hours will be 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Week of Dec. 29
Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Crews will take Thursday, Jan. 1 off for the New Year’s holiday. Work hours will be 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

To contact the project team, call 970-962-3521 or email UtilitiesInfo@cityofloveland.org.

Thank you for your patience as we complete these improvements.

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