Emily Buenzle - Tue May 29, 2018
Artist Captures Essence of Highway Rebuild After Flood
Artist Beth Stade has been commissioned by the Colorado DOT to create mementos for key stakeholders following the completion of the U.S. 34 reconstruction project. The $280 million project was a result of a flood in 2013, and included rerouting the highway through Big Thompson Canyon to separate it from the Big Thompson River, the Reporter-Herald reported....
H&E?Equipment - Wed May 23, 2018
H&E Relocates to New Facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Effective April 16, 2018, H&E Equipment Services Inc. (H&E) announced the relocation of its Colorado Springs branch to a new facility at 2401 Steel Drive, Colorado Springs. The 16,000 sq. ft. facility sits on four acres with a fully-fenced and paved yard area, offices, parts warehouse, and an eight-bay repair shop....
Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 09, 2018
New Resting Place for Colorado Veterans
Pikes Peak National Cemetery is a new 374-acre Veterans national cemetery in the southeast portion of Colorado Springs. The cemetery will serve the burial needs of more than 95,000 Veterans and their spouses in the cemetery's service area for the next 100 years....
Emily Buenzle - Wed May 02, 2018
Recycling Is Key at Stadium Demolition Site
Hughes Stadium at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., is in the throes of demolition, and it's trying to make the process as clean as possible. The project has a required diversion rate of at least 70 percent of the waste produced, the Coloradoan reported....
Wed April 25, 2018
Sterling Construction Company Wins $30M Colorado Springs Utility Project
Sterling Construction Company Inc. announced on March 27 that Myers & Sons Construction LLC, a consolidated affiliate, is the apparent low bidder on a $30 million Colorado Springs Utilities water treatment facility project in Colorado Springs, Colo....
Brian Eason - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed April 25, 2018
Colorado Business Groups Endorse $5B Transportation Plan to Fund Road Work
DENVER (AP) A broad coalition of Colorado business groups has endorsed a $5 billion transportation measure moving through the state legislature, boosting its chances of passage even as top Democrats continued to express “reservations” with the plan....
James Anderson – Associated Press - Wed April 11, 2018
Colorado Transportation Funding Bill Advances
DENVER (AP) Colorado's Senate on March 21 tentatively approved a bill to ask voters next year if the state can issue $3.5 billion in bonds for roads and bridges while injecting a one-time installment of $500 million into transportation projects....
Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 11, 2018
Denver Builds $1.1B National Western Center
The city of Denver, along with government, education and trade partners, is embarking on a billion-dollar project to promote research and progress in agriculture for the next 100 years. The National Western Center, home of the National Western Stock Show, will provide a broad focus on entertainment, food, animal health and performance, water, energy, agriculture, rodeo, livestock, equestrian and sustainability and the environment on a new 250-acre campus....
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....
AASHTO Journal - Mon March 19, 2018
Three State DOTs Contribute to Rail Project That Won $16M TIGER Grant
State departments of transportation from Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico helped fund a regional rail line improvement project that won a federal TIGER grant of $16 million this month from the USDOT. The award went to the $26.7 million Southwest Chief Route Stabilization Project, and the grant application was sponsored by Colfax County, N.M....
