US 285 from C-470 to Tiny Town Intelligent Transportation System installation

Project Complete!

This project will install fiber optic cable along US 285, from C-470 to Tiny Town. This will accommodate the future implementation of the intelligent transportation system (ITS), which will include the use of connected vehicles (aka, driverless cars).

Project work, estimated to cost $3 million (and valued at $15 million), will be completed during the day, Monday - Friday, through November 2016.

Project Team

• Project Engineer(s): Jill Scott
• Contractor(s): Zayo, Paonia, Fiber Works and Dillie and Kuhn
  CDOT has shared its right-of-way and existing infrastructure with Zayo, in exchange for its construction work on this project.