State Highway 13 Reconstruction Project Pauses for Winter

RIO BLANCO COUNTY — With winter rapidly approaching, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will remove equipment from the construction area on State Highway (SH) 13 near Meeker this week and the project will be on hold until late April 2012. A full depth reconstruction project is underway, impacting 1.95 miles of the highway from mile marker (MM) 25 to MM 27. The project will increase visibility, widen shoulders, add guardrails, and add new drainage pipes to this section of the highway.

To date, crews performed erosion control work and removed and replaced six pipes/culverts. The work was performed this fall to get a head start on the project and take advantage of favorable weather.

The $4.9 million project contracted through Old Castle United Companies is scheduled for completion by November 2012.

To receive email or text alerts about the project, visit www.coloradodot.info/ and click on the green cell phone icon in the upper right hand corner of the page. From the list, select “SH 13 Rio Blanco” from the list of options. Project updates and photos will be posted at http://www.coloradodot.info/projects/sh13rioblanco. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the project hotline at 970-878-7107 or email [email protected].