August 23, 2011 - Southeastern Colorado/CDOT Region 2 - PUEBLO – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has named Thomas Wrona as the new Regional Transportation Director (RTD) for Region Two, encompassing southeastern Colorado.
08-2011
August News Items
August 24, 2011 - Statewide Transportation - CHAFFEE, GUNNISON, LAKE, AND PITKIN COUNTIES — Stage Two of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge takes place today. The race will travel from Gunnison over Cottonwood Pass to Buena Vista, then over Independence Pass and will finish in Aspen.
August 24, 2011 - Southwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 5 - SOUTHWEST COLORADO – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has named Kerrie Neet as the new regional transportation director (RTD) for Region 5, southwestern and south-central Colorado.
August 24, 2011 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - JEFFERSON, CLEAR CREEK AND SUMMIT COUNTIES-- The High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE), a government-owned business within The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), has received an unsolicited proposal for a public-private partnership for the I-70 west mountain corridor.
August 24, 2011 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 6 - ARAPAHOE COUNTY – Tonight, August 24th, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will realign southbound Parker Road onto the new bridge over Arapahoe Road, allowing for free-flowing traffic of both northbound and southbound Parker Road.
August 24, 2011 - STATEWIDE – The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently announced that Colorado is receiving $7.6 million in grants for two critical projects in the Denver metro area.
August 25, 2011 - Statewide Transportation - EAGLE COUNTY — Stage Three of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge takes place today. This stage will include the Vail Time Trial during which cyclists will travel on old US 6 (also known as the Vail Bike Path and the Vail Frontage Road) in an eastward direction toward Vail Pass.
August 25, 2011 - Southeastern Colorado/CDOT Region 2 - EL PASO COUNTY – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be paving roadways and repairing guardrail at various locations in the greater Colorado Springs area over the next several days.
August 25, 2011 - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 6 - DENVER - The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) recently added trip travel time messages to two new variable message boards and added a destination to two existing trip travel time signs to provide additional real-time travel information that will help motorist plan ahead.
August 25, 2011 - Southwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 5 - STATEWIDE - A project to improve the US 160 interchange to Mesa Verde National Park, as well as the US 160 corridor that services the area, is getting a substantial boost with federal funding.
August 25, 2011 - Statewide Transportation Plan - STATEWIDE – Taking advantage of falling interest rates, today, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) refunded $106,070,000 of the Transportation Revenue Anticipation Notes (TRANs) it issued in 2004 to accelerate strategic transportation projects such as T-REX in the south metro Denver area and others across the state.
August 26, 2011 - Statewide Transportation - EAGLE AND ROUTT COUNTIES — Stage Four of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge takes place today. Cyclists will travel from Avon westward to Wolcott, then will head north on State Highway 131 to finish the stage in Steamboat Springs.
August 26, 2011 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Northeastern Colorado/CDOT Region 4 - Alternate Routes Such as US 85 and US 287 are Strongly Suggested.
August 26, 2011 - Traffic Safety - National DUI Crackdown Continues through Labor Day
August 26, 2011 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 6 - JEFFERSON COUNTY— As part of a surface treatment project, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will reconstruct and pave four intersections this weekend on Wadsworth Parkway between 88th Avenue and 104th Avenue.
August 26, 2011 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 6 - DENVER— The demolition of the old Stapleton Airport runway service road over I-70, which is located between Havana Street and Quebec Street, will continue this weekend and into next week.
August 26, 2011 - Statewide Transportation - DENVER, GRAND, JEFFERSON, ROUTT, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES — Stages 5 and 6 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge take place this weekend. Tomorrow, August 27, cyclists will travel from Steamboat Springs over Rabbit Ears Pass through Kremmling and will finish in Breckenridge.
August 29, 2011 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - JEFFERSON COUNTY – This week, crews will complete the bridge deck repairs on the ramp from southbound State Highway (SH) 8 to northbound US 285 and will begin the bridge deck repairs on the ramp from northbound US 285 to northbound SH 8.
August 29, 2011 - Statewide Transportation Plan - STATEWIDE— With the summer quickly coming to a close, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is preparing for the first snowfall in the high country and with the chain law season starting in September, commercial vehicle drivers should also be preparing for the winter ahead.
August 31, 2011 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - CLEAR CREEK COUNTY – On Tuesday morning, September 6th, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will close the upper portion of Mount Evans Highway (State Highway 5) between Summit Lake and the top of Mount Evans until late spring 2012.
