The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports that CDOT will dip into its contingency fund that is set up to handle emergencies in order to cover costs stemming from the Glenwood Canyon rockslide on Interstate 70. It’s too soon to tell how much it will cost to repair damage or how long it will take to fix it, CDOT officials said. Wednesday. But they are drawing up designs for the repair work to get out to bid. A 2004 rockslide in the same area cost a total of $1.2 million to repair.
The Colorado Department of Transportation says it will reopen two lanes of Interstate 70 through the damaged rockslide area in Glenwood Canyon by the end of the day Thursday after geologists blasted down a huge boulder and surrounding rock that threatened to fall onto the highway.
Steamboat Today reports that a 55-year-old Craig woman was killed early this morning on U.S. 40 between Hayden and Steamboat Springs when a boulder fell onto the roof of the vehicle she was riding in. U.S. 40 is serving as one of two detours for Interstate 70 motorists caught by the closure of the highway near Glenwood Springs.
CDOT says the current plan for closed I-70 through Glenwood Canyon is to repair a large hole in the eastbound structure, then reopen it to one lane in each direction. That would allow traffic to resume while repairs are made on the larger hole in the westbound structure.
The dirt is starting to move in the $40.1 million design-build reconstruction of four miles along Hampden Avenue, starting at the east end of the corridor with replacement of the bridge over Federal Boulevard. Inside Lane takes you on a tour of the job with this video featuring the project managers, plus a slide show.
The Vail Daily reports that the I-70 closure due to the Glenwood Canyon rockslide has generated several requests that Eagle County open Cottonwood Pass to thru traffic. While it does appear on local maps, the gravel road is not maintained for winter travel.
According to Brad Higgins, Eagle County’s Director of Road and Bridge, Cottonwood Pass, which connects Gypsum to Cattle Creek south of Glenwood Springs, closes every winter from the end of November until mid-April. “Cottonwood Pass has never been maintained in the winter, nor is it designed to handle a high volume of vehicles, so to simply open it to traffic is not an option,” said Higgins.
Go to the Vail Daily to see the entire item.
Concrete repairs on C-470 between I-25 and Santa Fe Drive will once again take place this weekend and next week, weather permitting. This weekend, crews will work from 8 p.m. on Friday, March 5th to 5 a.m. on Monday, March 8th, weather permitting. During this time, several lane closures will be in place and major delays are expected.
FasTracks construction of the new Sheridan Boulevard bridge is on schedule – good news for drivers through the two-lane work zone – and the structure may get its first girders next week. View a video of the work here and click on the story for an additional slide show.
If Sen. Jim Bunning had not balked at the end of his far-from-perfect game on the floor of the U.S. Senate, the Colorado Department of Transportation and the team of contractors out in the field on numerous federal-aid highway projects stood to lose an average of $1.76 million in reimbursement per workday.
RSS