Tag: Cdot
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3 dead, including 2 CDOT employees, in crash near Grand Junction
Two Colorado Department of Transportation employees were among three who died Wednesday in a crash along U.S. Route 6 in Mesa County. According to Colorado State Patrol, at 10:42 a.m., troopers received reports of the crash along westbound U.S. 6 near mile marker 40, between Grand Junction and Palisade. State Patrol investigators said a Jeep…
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RTD’s Colfax Avenue BRT project gets $23M in federal funding
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Regional Transportation District’s re-imagining of Colfax Avenue — sometimes called the longest commercial road in America and home to the city’s busiest bus route — is $23 million closer to becoming a reality. Colfax will soon be home to a new bus rapid transit line (BRT),…
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CDOT announces US 50 Blue Mesa Middle Bridge limited holiday opening
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Repairs to the closed US 50 Blue Mesa Middle Bridge between Gunnison and Montrose will allow a limited opening during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Colorado Department of Transportation officials opened a single lane at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday for smaller vehicles including passenger vehicles,…
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Front Range Passenger Rail District votes to push back ballot initiative to 2026
The district in charge of planning a passenger rail line from Pueblo to Fort Collins said on Friday that it would wait until 2026 to seek voter approval for a sales tax raise. Nancy Burke, director of communications and outreach for the Front Range Passenger Rail District, said district board members had been considering between…
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Eisenhower Tunnels to undergo maintenance and upgrades, causing minor traffic disruptions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With the onset of warmer weather, maintenance and upgrades will affect traffic through Interstate 70’s Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels. Lane and tunnel bore closures will vary and there will be 20-minute delays as vehicles are alternately escorted through the open bore. Because the work will be…
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CDOT ceremony honors the 62 workers who have died in the line of duty
Sixty-two employees of the Colorado Department of Transportation who died in the line of duty since 1929 were honored Thursday as part of CDOT’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony. The ceremony is held in conjunction with the National Work Zone Awareness Week. CDOT officials were joined by representatives of the Colorado State Patrol, the Federal Highway…
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Aurora councilmembers demand action from CDOT on deadly bump on I-225 after seven deaths
Aurora’s councilmembers are pressing for action from the Colorado Department of Transportation following the deaths of seven people in car crashes in one spot on I-225 in the past nine months. City officials said a bump on the highway caused four cars alleged to be travelling excessively fast to lose control and roll off the…
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Northbound I-25 closed near Castle Rock most of Thursday morning
Update: Northbound Interstate 25 has reopened north of Castle Rock after an injury crash involving a hazmat truck closed the northbound lanes toward Denver early Thursday morning. Huge traffic delays piled up Thursday morning as an injury crash with hazmat incident closed northbound Interstate 25 north of Castle Rock. The Colorado Department of Transportation first…
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Bustang to discontinue route from Colorado Springs to Denver Tech Center
Beginning in March, Bustang transportation services will discontinue one of its rush hour transit options from Colorado Springs to Denver, according to a Monday announcement from the Colorado Department of Transportation. Officials said beginning on March 1, Bustang will discontinue its rush-hour transportation route from Colorado Springs to the Denver Tech Center. According to CDOT,…
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Colorado traffic fatalities decrease, but pedestrians and cyclists’ deaths increase
Colorado saw a notable decrease in overall traffic fatalities last year, but deaths among pedestrians and cyclists increased significantly, state officials reported. Denver’s numbers mirror the trend in pedestrian deaths. Data showed a 6% decrease in traffic fatalities on Colorado roads last year, as compared to 2022, the first decline since 2019, officials said in…