Repairs to a collapsed section of U.S. 36 near Westminster and Broomfield will likely take “a matter of months,” Colorado Department of Transportation Executive Director Shoshana Lew said Thursday.
Also on Thursday, the department’s Transportation Commission approved a $20.4 million draw from its contingency fund to pay for repairs and other costs related to the incident.
A landslide under the road caused a retaining wall to fail near Church Ranch Boulevard, officials said. On Wednesday, CDOT chose Wisconsin-based Kraemer North America as its contractor for the project.
An investigation will take place to determine which party โ the agency or a contractor โ was at fault for the road’s failure. Depending on the outcome, CDOT could be reimbursed for the costs.
One of the contractors that built the affected section of U.S. 36, California-based Granite Construction, said in a statement Thursday that it will “cooperate in any investigation into the collapse.”
“Until there is more verifiable detail on this road section, we cannot offer any additional information,” the company’s statement said. “Granite will continue to monitor the situation.”
