Tag: Cdot
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CDOT seeks public comment on I-270 widening project
The Colorado Department of Transportation is considering two different plans to add lanes to I-270 through Commerce City, and asking for public feedback through late January. CDOT published an environmental impact study Friday for I-270, describing two recommended solutions to heavy traffic and high crash rates on the freeway that connects I-25 to the north…
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Interstate 70 reopened after separate vehicle crashes closed stretches of highway
A 3-semi-truck crash in Aurora and a vehicle fire near Genesee Hill contributed to the mayhem Interstate 70 reopened to traffic after two separate vehicle crashes closed sections of the highway on both sides of metro Denver Friday morning. On the east side of the city in Aurora, a crash involving three semis, including one…
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Self-Driving CDOT crash truck protects highway workers
Highway work zone crashes kill hundreds of people nationwide each year — two Colorado workers last year — but a new driverless, autonomous highway maintenance truck in Colorado aims to shield workers from deadly rear-end collisions by taking the hit itself. At a press event in Falcon on Monday, the Colorado Department of Transportation demonstrated…
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Traffic cameras coming to U.S. 36 with St. Vrain Canyon fiber link
The Colorado Department of Transportation is now able to tap into previously installed fiber-optic network through St. Vrain Canyon to connect traffic cameras that can quickly alert first-responders to disasters like flooding, fire and rock falls. In 1976, flash flooding in Big Thompson Canyon killed 144 people and destroyed hundreds of homes. In 2013, days…
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Speed cameras begin operating on Colorado highways soon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Speed enforcement cameras are coming to state-owned highways. The Colorado Department of Transportation launched the Colorado Speed Enforcement Program with cameras being installed along Colorado Highway 119 between Boulder and Longmont, where construction is taking place. Warnings will be issued starting July 21. In 2024,…
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Thornton to open new transit hub next fall, connecting northern Front Range
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Transportation broke ground last week on a new mobility hub along the Interstate 25 corridor in Thornton that will give people in northern Colorado additional transit options, according to a news release. Thornton will host the new hub, which is the…
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Put your phone down: CDOT urges Colorado drivers to take new law seriously
Colorado’s hands-free cellphone driving law appears to be working at curbing distracted driving, according to a release Monday from the Colorado Department of Transportation. The law prohibits drivers from using handheld mobile devices while driving, unless a hands-free accessory is used, with exemptions for emergencies. Colorado is the 30th state in the country to enact…
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CDOT predicts heavy traffic on Interstate 70 in the mountains this weekend
The Colorado Department of Transportation is predicting heavy traffic along the Interstate 70 mountain corridor this weekend. With the help of an historical log of traffic along one of the major travel corridors in Colorado, CDOT tries to predict expected traffic on any given weekend throughout the winter season. The last year that New Year’s…
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Fines coming to drivers who bust express lane rules
A 30-day grace period for drivers who weave in and out of express lanes on some Colorado highways is coming to an end. Beginning Jan. 1, weaving drivers in express lanes in the Central 70, Interstate 25 South Gap and U.S. 36 corridors will be fined instead of receiving a warning, according to a news…