May 1, 2013 - CONSTRUCTION PROJECT UPDATE - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - GARFIELD/EAGLE COUNTIES – The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor Old Castle SW Group, Inc., are making good progress on the project to improve State Highway 82 east (up-valley) of Carbondale.
05-2013
May News Items
May 3, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 6 - AURORA— Friday, May 3rd through Thursday, May 23rd, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will close the ramp from Mississippi Avenue to southbound I-225 for reconstruction and realignment of the on ramp.
May 3, 2013 - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - CDOT crews to continue clearing, yet snow in forecast could set work back a bit.
May 3, 2013 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Efforts to widen I-70 begin in earnest with tunnel widening work.
May 3, 2013 - PROJECT COMPLETE - CORTEZ – On May 2, the Colorado Department of Transportation issued the final acceptance letter to contractor Lawson Construction, marking the completion of concrete reconstruction and safety improvements on US 160/US 491 in Cortez.
May 3, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - 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.
May 3, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY -
May 3, 2013 - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - NORTHWEST – The Colorado Department of Transportation is pleased to announce the promotion of Grand Junction Resident Engineer Jason Smith to West Program Engineer in Region 3 (northwest Colorado, 14.5 counties).
May 6, 2013 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Bennett, CO – The Town of Bennett has partnered with Adams and Arapahoe Counties and the Colorado Department of Transportation to conduct a detailed transportation study of the State Highway (SH) 79 and Kiowa-Bennett Road corridors north and south of I-70 around the Bennett area.
May 6, 2013 - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - Following Rockfall Incident, Rock Scaling This Week on SH 133 Near Paonia Reservoir. (Travelers from north can still get to Marble and points south)
May 6, 2013 - PROJECT UPDATE - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Since the Public Open House on January 9, the Grand Avenue project team has been working to add definition to the preferred alternative for the Environmental Assessment (EA).
May 6, 2013 - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - Motorists asked to slow down due to uneven road conditions.
May 7, 2013 - PROJECT UPDATE - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - Work progressing well, mainline concrete complete Friday.
May 7, 2013 - Southwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 5 - Highway to receive chip seal surface on short section at west side of town; motorists cautioned to drive slowly through work zone.
May 8, 2013 - Traffic Safety - Campaign Reminds Riders: Choose To Ride with Gear to Save a Life.
May 8, 2013 - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - ROCK SCALING COMPLETE ON SH 133 NEAR PAONIA RESERVOIR, DRILLING & BLASTING UNDERWAY.
May 8, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 6 - BROOMFIELD – On May 8-15, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will install bridge girders and deck panels for the new Uptown Avenue (Olde Wadsworth) bridge, which is between 104th Avenue and Wadsworth Parkway.
May 9, 2013 - Statewide Transportation Plan - Smartphone application and public-private partnership a “transportation technology solution for the 21st century”.
May 9, 2013 - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 6 - DENVER—The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has selected the team of Felsburg Holt & Ullevig (FHU) and Edward Kraemer and Sons, Inc. for the US 6 design-build project that will reconstruct 6th Ave. (US 6) from Knox Court to just east of I-25, replace five bridges that are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete and improve the Federal Boulevard/US 6 interchange.
May 9, 2013 - Rockfall work complete; only minor delays next week for final debris hauling.
