Wet Weather Coming to Front Range

DENVER/ MOUNTAIN CORRIDOR— Heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast for this afternoon and evening and into tomorrow for the Front Range and along the I-70 mountain corridor. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) maintenance crews are ready with full crews on standby to ensure the safety of the traveling public. The pump houses are on and ready to divert water. Crews have trucks including vactor trucks ready to deploy, are checking drains and ready to implement detours to flooded roads should conditions require it.

Rock slides are common in extremely wet weather and CDOT crews are monitoring conditions on all state roadways particularly mountain areas. CDOT encourages folks to avoid driving through flooded roadways and to use caution when traveling in difficult weather conditions.

For information regarding CDOT projects statewide, log on to www.cotrip.org, download the CDOT Mobile app or call 511 from anywhere in the state. To receive real-time updates about road conditions in your area, visit www.coloradodot.info and click on the green cell phone icon in the upper right hand corner of the page. Information about weekly lane closures will be available at www.coloradodot.info/travel/scheduled-lane-closures.html.