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 Fort Collins Coloradoan reports that the ramp from northbound Interstate 25 to Crossroads Boulevard will be completely closed from 7 a.m. Monday until 5 p.m. Friday, weather permitting, as part of the ongoing construction at this interchange.
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.
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.
Starting tomorrow, CDOT will start to display travel time data on 6th Avenue in an effort to provide improved traveler information to motorists. The system uses existing electronic message boards to post estimated travel times to specific destinations. CDOT has been displaying travel time data on the electronic signs located on the I-70 West mountain corridor for several years with much success and on C-470.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Senate was tied in knots Monday as it tried to get around a single lawmaker’s objection to a spending bill. Sen. Jim Bunning (R., Ky.) again blocked a $10 billion bill that would have extended unemployment benefits and other programs after halting its progress last week. And on Monday, the impact of his blockade started biting, with the expiration of benefits to 100,000 people and the suspension of 41 transportation projects across the country.
The second full closure of US 34 just east of Estes Park is now scheduled to take place Thursday, March 4, through Monday, March 15, weather permitting. The closure is necessary to allow SEMA Construction to replace the last steel truss bridge on US 34 in the Big Thompson Canyon.
The Boulder Daily Camera reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday during a visit to Broomfield that the recent stimulus grant to extend U.S. 36’s bus, car pool and managed lanes will give that project “a running start” and bring jobs to the area. Pelosi was in Broomfield to tout the anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The project to widen U.S. 36 will receive $10 million from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program. The project was one of 51 winners selected from more than 1,400 applicants. The grant was announced Feb. 17.
Following an emergency meeting today to discuss the impact of the current shutdown of federal highway and transit programs, state transportation officials called the action a bad situation that will only get worse. “If you do the math, we’re talking about more than $153 million a day in lost reimbursement payments for highway projects to the states,” said Larry L. “Butch” Brown, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation and president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. “Congress has to move quickly to correct this by passing legislation and getting it signed into law.”
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