Rock Work Set to Start Near Silverthorne

August 31, 2012 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - SUMMIT COUNTY – Rock mitigation work gets underway along Interstate 70 next week, about three miles east of Silverthorne at mile 208, requiring daytime traffic stops for several days.

On Wednesday, September 5, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be stopping traffic once an hour for approximately 20 minutes on eastbound and westbound I-70. The stops begin at 9 a.m. and continue until about 6 p.m. Eastbound traffic stops at mile 207; westbound traffic at the Eisenhower Tunnel.

Traffic stops continue on Thursday, September 6, and Friday, September 7, on westbound I-70 only. Drivers should anticipate 10 minute traffic stops throughout the day, from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. Thursday, and 7 a.m. until noon on Friday.

The westbound traffic stops resume on Monday, September 10, during the same hours, and continue each day through Friday, September 14.

No work will take place on Friday afternoon, Saturday or Sunday.

The traffic stops are necessary to maintain safety for the traveling public while crews perform rock scaling operations and hang rock fence above the north side of the highway.

Weekly lane closure information about this and other projects is available at www.coloradodot.info/travel/scheduled-lane-closures.html or by calling 511. To receive project updates via e-mail, visit www.coloradodot.info and click on the cell-phone icon in the upper right-hand corner. The link takes you to a list of items you can subscribe to, including I-70 West, Denver to Glenwood Springs.