April 12, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - CLEAR CREEK COUNTY – Lane closures and traffic stops are taking place on Interstate 70 at Fall River Road and Georgetown Hill next week for rock scaling and fence installation, weather permitting.
04-2013
April News Items
April 15, 2013 - Statewide Transportation Plan - STATEWIDE – Today, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) held its 9th Annual Remembrance Day ceremony statewide to honor the 58 employees who have died in the line of duty since 1929.
April 15, 2013 - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - City of Glenwood Springs to relocate overhead electric wire.
April 16, 2013 - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - “Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men”.
April 18, 2013 - Southwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 5 - Mercury Village Access Work to Close East Frontage Road Access; mall, theater access at Sawyer Drive remains open.
April 19, 2013 - CONSTRUCTION PROJECT UPDATE - Northeastern Colorado/CDOT Region 4 - Work was paused for winter but expected to finish May 2013.
April 19, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 6 - AURORA— Sunday, April 21st through Thursday. April 25th, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will close the ramp from southbound I-225 to Parker Road for ramp realignment, open trench construction of a storm sewer pipe and replacement of concrete pavement.
April 19, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – The eastbound Interstate 70 frontage road is operating and traffic is moving smoothly through the two-lane, one-mile detour route, allowing full-scale excavation work to proceed at the Twin Tunnels. Drivers should anticipate slower traffic and a 35 mph speed limit while the detour is in place through late 2013.
April 19, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - CLEAR CREEK COUNTY – Lane closures and traffic stops are taking place next week on Interstate 70 at Fall River Road and Georgetown Hill for rock scaling and fence installation, weather permitting.
April 19, 2013 - Northeast Colorado/CDOT Region 4 - The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has officially kicked off the 2013 construction season in the northeast section of the state.
April 19, 2013 - Southwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 5 - DENVER, COLORADO – The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) has honored three men, two of them CSP employees and one an employee of the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), for their quick and effective actions that saved the life of a motorist following a vehicle accident on SH 17 near Cumbres Pass in southern Colorado on Feb. 9, 2013.
April 22, 2013 - Southwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - GUNNISON COUNTY – The Colorado Department of Transportation has begun a major safety improvement project on US 50, west of Blue Mesa Reservoir. The work zone lies between the east end of Pleasant Valley (mile point 117.6) and the east side of Blue Creek Summit (MP 121.7).
April 23, 2013 - Southwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 5 - Traffic impacts this week and next; the work is suspended until mid-June.
April 24, 2013 - CONSTRUCTION PROJECT UPDATE - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3- Project on schedule to finish in June 2013.
April 25, 2013 - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - NORTHWEST COLORADO – On the heels of National Work Zone Awareness Week (which this year was April 15-19), the Colorado Department of Transportation announces its summer and fall 2013 construction projects in the northwest section of the state, including Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Jackson, Lake, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, and Summit counties.
April 25, 2013 - Southeastern Colorado/CDOT Region 2 - EL PASO COUNTY – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will close the right lane of westbound U.S. 24, one mile west of Manitou Springs, on Friday, April 26, to allow crews to break up the boulders that came down onto the highway Tuesday night.
April 25, 2013 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Traffic continues to move smoothly on the two-lane, eastbound Interstate 70 frontage road around the Twin Tunnels. Please remember to anticipate slower traffic and a 35 mph speed limit while the detour remains in place through late 2013.
April 26, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - CLEAR CREEK COUNTY – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be stopping traffic and closing I-70 at Fall River Road and Georgetown Hill next week beginning this Sunday, April 28 for rock scaling and fence installation, weather permitting.
April 25, 2013 - Statewide Transportation Plan - DENVER, COLORADO – A Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) process improvement team that worked in the area of improving oversize and overweight vehicle permitting procedures and business practices has been honored among the top such teams in the world by the 2013 World Conference on Quality and Improvement.
April 26, 2013 - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - Path could close temporarily in the event of inclement weather.
