Welcome to the City of Fountain Streets Department
The Streets Department of the City of Fountain is dedicated to maintaining the integrity of street infrastructure, ensuring efficient traffic flow, promoting pedestrian safety, and managing storm drainage systems. Additionally, the department oversees snow and ice removal, vegetation management within roadway rights-of-way and detention ponds, and provides support for public events.
The maintenance responsibilities within the City of Fountain Streets Department encompass a variety of activities. These include the upkeep of traffic signals and signage, street sweeping, snow and ice removal, grading of dirt roads, street paving, patching, and crack sealing. Additionally, vegetation management tasks such as mowing, weed eating, and tree trimming are performed along the right-of-way of roadways and several detention ponds.
Beyond street-related activities, we also provide traffic control services for events such as parades and emergencies, and we support other city departments operating near or within roadways. These critical operations ensure the safe and efficient movement of community members to their destinations.
It is important to note that each of these essential operations requires considerable time, patience, and significant funding for materials alone.
If you would like to report a pothole or other street related issue, please visit the My Fountain webpage or down the My Fountain App from your Apple or Google app store.
Projects
Each year, the City of Fountain identifies arterial roadways for preservation operations, drawing upon insights from its pavement management system and feedback from the Roadway Focus Group. The objective of these operations is to extend the lifespan of the roadways.
The Pavement Management System conducts annual inspections and evaluations of all 109.096 miles of city streets to assess their condition and determine the appropriate timing and location for necessary repairs. This program is funded through sales tax revenue. Typically, pavement management initiates with repairs to curbs and gutters, as well as upgrades to curb access ramps to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Depending on the specific roadway, the city may also implement new road striping and enhancements for bicycle, pedestrian, and transit facilities.
Preservation operations primarily focus on resurfacing activities. The city handles all preparatory work before resurfacing, which includes concrete repairs, ADA ramp improvements, and localized base repairs. Following this, the city issues a bid to select a contractor responsible for executing the milling and resurfacing operations on the designated roadways.
The construction schedule for these operations spans from spring through fall, with repairs prioritized based on the current condition of the roadways and the types of pavement treatments required. Typically, work begins in the spring, as warmer temperatures facilitate concrete repairs. However, the start of work may be delayed later in the year due to weather conditions and contractor availability.
Below you can view roadways that have already been completed over the past several years:
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The Link Road Project is scheduled for completion in three phases over a span of three years, with the objective of maintaining two open lanes of traffic throughout the construction period. This initiative is financed by local businesses that rely on this road daily, and no city tax funds are allocated for this project.
Phase 1: A comprehensive rebuild of Link Road from Squirrel Creek Road to C&S Road. - Completed
Phase 2: Reconstruction of Squirrel Creek Road, located east of Link Road.
Phase 3: Renovation of two intersections:
1) Squirrel Creek Road/Link Road
2) C&S Road/Link Road. This phase will include the addition of turning lanes and a traffic light at C&S Road and Link Road, as well as widening Squirrel Creek Road and Link Road to accommodate turning lanes and a traffic light.
Link Road Railroad Crossing Improvements – Complete
E. Ohio Street (near Fountain Mesa Rd) Railroad Improvements – Complete
Comanche Village Railroad Improvements – Complete
Duckwood Intersection & Railroad Crossing – Complete
Mesa Road Railroad Crossing (permanent closure) – Complete
Illinois/Indiana Crossings – The construction of Indiana Avenue and the closure of Illinois Avenue was required by BNSF Railroad to comply with quite zone requirements that the voters approved in 2009. - Complete
W. Ohio Street (near Loaf n Jug) Railroad Improvements – To meet BNSF railroad requirements, additional technological upgrades are needed at this intersection. - In-progress
Truck Routes
The City of Fountain has established designated truck routes. These routes were designed to not only reduce traffic delays, but also to prolong the lifespan of the roadways. Generally, commercial vehicles are required to utilize these routes when traveling to or through Fountain, except for local deliveries and pickups, which should follow the shortest route available to and from a designated truck route.
Drivers can refer to the map below to identify the most efficient route from the truck route to their destination. Residents should be aware that, although these regulations significantly minimize truck traffic on residential streets, there may still be instances where trucks are present, serving local businesses or residences in your vicinity.
Moving Fountain Forward is a 2009 citizen-based ballot initiative that focuses sales tax money’s (0.75%, three quarters of a cent on each one-dollar purchase) to three areas of transportation funding:
1. Streets Resurfacing (0.15%) – This work has been ongoing, and all money accrued has been spent each year on resurfacing projects throughout the City.
2. Public Transportation (0.25%) – The City of Fountain Municipal Transit Bus Service was created in April 2012 and is funded annually through this portion of MFF.
3. Capital Projects (0.35%) – Includes 10 Capital projects, please see attached timeline for updates on each project. Estimated project costs have not kept pace with current construction costs leaving a major funding shortfall to complete projects. This is attributed to the fact that budget projections in 2009, amidst the Great Recession, were far lower than current project construction costs for 2018.
NOTE: The Capital Projects portion was given a sunset date of Jan 1, 2020. In November of 2019, Fountain citizens voted not to continue this portion of the MFF special tax.
To view the original Moving Fountain Forward Proposal please download or view the Original MFF Proposal.
To view the ballot initiative and verbiage please download or view the Moving Fountain Forward Ballot Language.
The City faced challenges in bonding or borrowing funds to promptly initiate and complete the MFF Capital Projects; thus, the funds needed to accrue before they could be utilized. Unfortunately, the money accumulated under MFF did not keep pace with the rising construction costs, resulting in a shortfall of several million dollars needed to complete the capital projects by the sunset date of January 1, 2020. To address this issue, alternative funding sources were identified and implemented.
Additionally, the Quiet Zone Initiative encompassed a series of projects designed to eliminate the necessity for train conductors to sound their horns at intersections within the City. The successful implementation of Quiet Zone projects in Fountain required collaboration among various agencies and the approval of two major railroad companies, BNSF and UP, which operate independently of municipal, county, or state governments.
The City must adhere to all legal, policy, and funding requirements established by BNSF and UP, as these companies own all railroad crossings within the City. Moreover, compliance with the requirements and guidelines set forth by the Federal Highway Administration and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) was essential for the construction of two intersections along Highway 85/87, a state highway.
Approval of the City of Fountain's Quiet Zone remains contingent upon the completion of all safety improvements mandated by the railroad companies. The City is diligently working to fulfill these requirements while coordinating with all stakeholders to ensure that all necessary conditions are met for the successful implementation of the Quiet Zone Initiative. There are two remaining projects underway that are anticipated to be completed within the year. The East Ohio Avenue median improvement project for UP, and the Comanche Village Drive median improvement project for BNSF. Updates on these projects can be found on our Streets Resurfacing and MFF Projects Document.
1. Streets Resurfacing (0.15%) – 45 streets resurfacing projects have been completed. New projects are initiated annually.
2. Public Transportation (0.25%) – The City of Fountain Municipal Transit Bus Service was created in April of 2012. To date, FMT has served over 200,000 riders! Buses now travel a total of 131,102 miles per year.
3. Capital Projects (0.35%) – 10 Capital projects are included in this percentage. Download the status of these projects by clicking the link below.
Status of all MFF projects
To download the PDF file on the status of all MFF projects click HERE. (Insert link to document “Streets Resurfacing and MFF Projects Under Construction_2023_HS” PDF)
For a summary of MFF Spending Records from 2010-2023, click HERE. (Insert link to document “REVENUE SPENDING RECORD City of Fountain 2010-2023 Update” PDF)