Wed March 28, 2018
Gas Tax 'Dying' as Source to Rebuild Infrastructure
Michael Lewis, executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation, told a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing that while the motor fuels user fee is “dying” as a model to raise enough revenue to pay for surface transportation infrastructure, “we're not there” yet on switching to fees based on vehicle miles traveled....
Wed March 14, 2018
Work on Colorado Highway 67 Project Continues Through Mild 2018 Winter
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is working on a $10.4 million roadway overlay on Colorado Highway 67 between Divide to Cripple Creek and Woodland Park to Westcreek. The resurfacing and improvement project continues during the winter months....
Wed January 17, 2018
CDOT Signs $248M Contract to Build I-25 Express Lanes
The Colorado Department of Transportation is officially on the road to adding an Express Lane in each direction on I-25 from Johnstown to Fort Collins starting later this year. A $248 million contract with Kraemer/IHC has been approved for the project which will increase capacity by adding an Express Lane in both directions of I-25, replace aging bridges and widen others, create new pedestrian and bicycle access under I-25 at Kendall Parkway, and connect the Cache la Poudre River Regional Trail under I-25....
Wed January 03, 2018
CDOT, CEO Team Up to Offer Fresh Start for People on Parole
Individuals on probation or recently released on parole are receiving a second chance to rebuild their lives, due to a new pilot program. CDOT, the Colorado Department of Corrections and the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) have hired a number of people with criminal records to work on its bridge structures, clear graffiti, and trim or remove unwanted vegetation....
Wed December 20, 2017
Interchange Work Complete at I-76/U.S. 85 in Henderson, Colorado
Crews have completed reconstructing Interstate 76 at U.S. Highway 85. The most noticeable changes are along westbound I-76, where the project improved the curve approaching the southbound U.S. 85 merge area and added an additional lane from southbound U.S....
Brad Broberg – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed December 20, 2017
Colorado's Express Lanes: A Ticket to Ride — for a Price
The Colorado Department of Transportation began work late last year to add tolled express lanes along a 12.5-mi. (20.1 km) stretch of C-470 in Denver — one of several such projects it has completed or will complete in the coming years....
Tue November 21, 2017
CDOT to Fix Bottleneck on I-225 in DTC
CDOT is conducting a pilot project to expand capacity on one of the worst bottlenecks in the region: I-225 southbound in the Denver Tech Center (DTC). CDOT will convert the shoulder to an additional lane by restriping less than a mile of southbound I-225 from Yosemite Street to I-25....
Wed November 08, 2017
CDOT Introduces New Snowplow Equipment
Two "tow plows" will be used on U.S. Highways (U.S.) 160, 550, 285 and 50, near Durango, Monte Vista, Alamosa, Blanca, Fort Garland, La Veta Pass, Poncha Springs and Salida during winter months. "We will be able to do more with less," said Ronnie Medina, CDOT Alamosa maintenance supervisor....
Chuck Harvey - Wed November 08, 2017
$113M Project Improves Colorado Springs Gateway
A $113.1 million design-build project will streamline a major interchange — Interstate 25 at Cimarron Street (U.S. 24) — referred to as the gateway to Colorado Springs. Considered one of the busiest interchanges in the Colorado Springs area, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is addressing the situation with the second largest highway project in Colorado Springs history....
Wed October 25, 2017
CDOT to Install Monitors on I-70 in Glenwood Canyon
This fall, Colorado Department of Transportation crews will begin installing interconnected weather and road sensors, cameras, speed-detection devices and variable speed limit signs at 17 locations on the Interstate 70 Glenwood Canyon corridor....
