Arapahoe County $22M Road Repair Investment 2025

Arapahoe County will resurface, reconstruct and preserve roads across unincorporated areas using $22 million in voter-approved funding, the largest maintenance push in recent years.

The funding increases road maintenance to $14 million in 2026 from $9.9 million in 2025, with an additional $6 million for reconstruction and $2 million for pavement preservation. Voters approved Measure 1A in November 2024, allowing the county to reinvest revenue previously restricted by Taxpayer Bill of Rights spending caps.

County crews started paving in April and will place approximately 68,000 tons of asphalt across unincorporated areas by season's end, up from 56,000 tons last year. An 11-person paving crew using new equipment will handle milling, compacting and cleanup.

Early work targeted the New World West, Normandy and Columbine neighborhoods and Manilla Road between I-70 and East Arizona Avenue. A major project near Dove Valley Regional Park will use more than 11,000 tons of asphalt on South Potomac Street and South Chambers Road.

The largest effort begins in July near Strasburg, where approximately 18,000 tons of asphalt will resurface residential streets that have not received new pavement in more than 25 years. The Travois neighborhood and Price Road north of Deer Trail will complete the final months of work.

Roads in the Tall Grass and Copperleaf neighborhoods, built in the early 2000s, will undergo complete reconstruction this summer. Contractors will remove existing pavement and rebuild from the foundation up with new asphalt and improved drainage design.

County contractors will maintain approximately 116 lane miles through pavement preservation work beginning in June, sealing cracks and repairing worn pavement before damage worsens.

Residents should expect temporary lane closures, parking restrictions and delays in active work zones. Project updates and schedules appear on the county's Pavement Management webpage and interactive project map. The county's five-year plan identifies roadway improvements through 2030.