Third phase of improvements on Weld County Road 77 to begin May 19

Published on May 08, 2025

The Weld County Department of Public Works is set to begin its third phase of improvements to  Weld County Road (WCR) 77. Last week, the Weld County Board of Commissioners approved the temporary road closure of WCR 77 from WCR 106 to WCR 120 beginning May 19 to Oct. 31, 2025. Detours can be viewed on the Weld County Road Advisory Map.

Aside from a few culvert replacements near WCR 120, much of the work during the approximate five-and-a-half-month closure will center around strengthening the road structure on WCR 77 between WCR 106 and WCR 114 using full-depth reclamation, a process used to successfully rebuild and improve approximately nine miles of WCR 77 from Colorado Highway 14 to WCR 106 in 2023 and 2024.

Similar to years past, public works is minimizing the inconvenience of the closure by:

• Starting the project on May 19 after the graduation ceremony for the Pawnee School District.
• Reopening WCR 77 between WCR 106 and WCR 120 on Father’s Day weekend to accommodate traffic traveling to and from the Earl Anderson Memorial Rodeo in Grover. The road will open at the end of the day on Thursday, June 11, and close again at 6 a.m. on Monday, June 16.

Following approval of the closure by the board of commissioners, public works met with the Briggsdale Fire Protection District, Pawnee Fire Protection District, Weld County Sheriff’s Office, Pawnee School District RE-12 and mail carriers in the area to discuss greater details of the project and ensure the closure wouldn’t cause difficulty with school bus routes, mail routes and emergency routes, Public works has also been in contact with the Weld County Department of Public Safety Communications discussing plans to route emergency response during the project if needed.

“This road is a major artery for northern Weld County,” said Jason Maxey, Weld County Commissioner of District 1 and coordinator of public works. “I’ve received many questions about scheduling and access, and I want to say thank you to the public works department for helping the community by answering those questions and for acknowledging  important events, such as graduation and the rodeo.”

While much of the money for the four-mile project — just over $3.5 million — is coming from public works’ budget, the county also received a $1 million grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs in September of 2024 to go toward construction costs.

These improvements are the latest in public works’ larger project of rebuilding WCR 77 to WCR 136.