Tag: Highway Maintenance
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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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Giant I-70 pothole near Eisenhower Tunnel set for permanent fix starting Monday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A large pothole in the pavement on a bridge on I-70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel is getting a “more durable fix” starting Monday, April 10, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Thomas Kuemmel was driving eastbound on I-70 near mile marker 216 when he…
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Poll: Colorado small businesses refuse highway maintenance funding plans
Colorado’s small businesses are firmly against nearly all proposals to fund highway maintenance and construction, according to poll results released Thursday by the National Federation of Independent Business. The annual poll asked NFIB Colorado members seven questions about various state and federal issues that could influence their businesses. “We ask them anyway to gauge intensity…