{"id":110629,"date":"2015-07-30T19:34:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T01:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/access-to-new-m-chs-might-expand\/"},"modified":"2015-07-30T19:34:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T01:34:30","slug":"access-to-new-m-chs-might-expand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/access-to-new-m-chs-might-expand\/","title":{"rendered":"Access to new M-CHS might expand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Jim Mimiaga\/Cortez Journal<br><br>A proposed extension of 7th Street would provide safer and more convenient access to the new high school (background) for buses, students and parents.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Montezuma County is considering extending Seventh Street to improve access to the new high school.<\/p>\n

The proposed half-mile extension would connect Seventh east to County Road 27, said road manager Rob Englehart.<\/p>\n

The road would connect with the Re-1 bus garage off Road 27, and provide east-side access to the school.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be much safer than the current route,\u201d Englehart said. \u201cThey would not have to take that dangerous left onto Highway 160, then another left (on Sligo Street) through the Walmart traffic, to the school.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said landowners in a subdivision along Seventh like the idea. A portion of the extension is under an easement held by the city of Cortez.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be a pretty easy road to put in,\u201d Englehart said. \u201cIt would start out as gravel with mag chloride.\u201d<\/p>\n

County commissioners hope to share costs for the project with the Re-1 School District and the city of Cortez.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re building this for the high school to accommodate extra traffic flow,\u201d said commissioner Keenan Ertel. \u201cI\u2019d suggest we discuss sharing costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The county has drawn up initial engineering plans. The cost of the project has not been determined, and a timeline was not released, pending financing.<\/p>\n

jmimiaga@cortezjournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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