Boulder County, Colo. – As improvements to Lee Hill Drive continue, the Boulder County Transportation Department will close the road from March 21-25 and April 4-7 to perform substantial work on the retaining walls and drainage culverts.

Access to Olde Stage Road from the city of Boulder will be cut off during these closures:

• Monday, March 21 through Friday, March 25. Lee Hill Drive will be closed south of Wagon Wheel Gap Road (between Wagon Wheel and Fourth Street) during daytime hours only (8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.). The closure is to accommodate rockwork on the hillside above the roadway along with retaining wall construction. No vehicles (including both bicycles and cars) will be allowed be allowed through the construction area. Wagon Wheel Gap Road will remain accessible from the north.

• Monday, April 4 through Thursday, April 7. Lee Hill Drive will be closed north of Wagon Wheel Gap Road (between Wagon Wheel and Olde Stage Road) 24 hours a day from 8:30 a.m. on April 4 until 4 p.m. on April 7. The closure may be extended until Friday if there are utility conflicts. The closure is to allow for the replacement of a large drainage culvert north of Wagon Wheel. No vehicles (including both bicycles and cars) will be allowed access between Wagon Wheel Gap Road and Olde Stage Road. Wagon Wheel will remain accessible from the south.

Both closures are tentative and are subject to change due to weather and/or other unanticipated factors. Even during the 24-hour closure, the road will be made accessible to emergency vehicles and responders should the need arise.

Message boards are located in the area to alert residents of any construction schedule changes and additional information is available at www.BoulderCounty.org/Transportation.