Boulder police to conduct bomb training exercise on June 8
Jun 7th
On Wednesday, June 8, Fairview High School will be the site of a bomb training exercise involving the Boulder Police Department, the Boulder Fire Department, Pridemark Paramedic Service, the FBI, Boulder Valley School District officials and administrators from Fairview and Boulder High Schools. Several students are also volunteering.
There are several objectives for the exercise: to provide the Boulder Valley School District with information and recommendations for dealing with a bomb-related incident on school grounds; to coordinate a multi-agency response and to allow the participating agencies an opportunity to fine-tune their tactics and protocols.
The exercise will begin at 12:30 p.m., and will take place mostly inside the school. School is out for the summer, and there should be no impact on traffic or roads in the area.
Members of the media are invited to attend between 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. For safety reasons and to insure the integrity of tactics used, reporters are asked not to videotape the drill or to photograph or videotape the students who are participating.
Fairview High School is located at 1515 Greenbriar Blvd.
Daytime closures of Lee Hill Drive scheduled for June 13-24
Jun 6th
Boulder County, Colo. – As the final phase of improvements to Lee Hill Drive are implemented, the Boulder County Transportation Department will close a portion of the road from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on weekdays only from June 13-24.
The daytime closures – between Fourth Street and Olde Stage Road – will begin Monday, June 13 at 8:30 a.m. and will continue on weekdays only until 4 p.m. on Friday, June 24.
If needed, the road will be accessible to emergency vehicles and responders 24 hours a day.
“This closure will allow us to rebuild the road in a way that maximizes pavement life and improves drainage,” capital projects coordinator Tim Swope said. “The process does not allow for daily traffic use during construction. School buses and mail and delivery trucks will be allowed through with some delay, as will anyone living in the construction zone south of Olde Stage.”
No other traffic, including bicycles, will be allowed through the construction zone. Residents of Wagon Wheel Gap and Bow Mountain roads will need to use Linden Drive and Pine Brook Hills for access during the day. Boulder Heights and Olde Stage Road residents will need to use a detour through Lefthand Canyon.
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.
The Lee Hill Drive project, expected to be complete in early July, will provide improved drainage, a new roadway surface, bikeable shoulders on both sides of the road up to the “hogback” formation, and a 5-feet wide climbing shoulder from the hogback up to Olde Stage Road.
-BoulderCounty.org-
