Driving on I-25, there’s an app for that
Waiting on the morning DJ to give a traffic update about the I-25 commute from Colorado Springs to Denver? Wait no more. The Colorado Department of Transportation recently launched the I-25 corridor CDOT Mobile, a free smartphone mobile app. CDOT Mobile will give travelers real-time information on highway conditions and traffic. “We first launched CDOT [...]
The Colorado Department of Transportation launched a Facebook page to help improve customer service and communication with updates about projects. The CDOT Facebook address is www.facebook.com/colorado.dot. “We have been using our website, Twitter and email/text message alerts to communicate road and traveler information as well as other news to motorists,” said CDOT Executive Director Don [...]
Continue reading …All lanes of Interstate 25 North at Woodmen Road will be closed today and tomorrow as the Colorado Department of Transportation paint signs that cross the highway. The work was originally scheduled for last week, but was postponed because of rain. Traffic on the interstate will detour via and the off- and on-ramps at Woodmen [...]
Continue reading …Colorado highway and transportation officials are headed to Washington to fight for an extension of the federal fuel tax. Congress must extend the tax or it expires Sept. 30. The Colorado Department of Transportation receives nearly $400 million a year from the federal fuel tax. Officials from of the Colorado Transportation Commission, the Denver Regional [...]
Continue reading …The state Department of Transportation refunded nearly $106 million of the transportation revenue bonds it issued in 2004 to accelerate projects across the state. The money was available when CDOT refinanced the bonds, which have an average interest rate of 1.42 percent. The interest on the original bonds ranged from 3.6 percent to 3.7 percent [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs Municipal Airport has received a grant from the Colorado Department of Aviation’s Division of Aeronautics for snow removal. The $400,000 grant will be used to partially fund the purchase of three pieces of equipment the airport needs to replace this year, said Gisela Shanahan, the airport’s assistant director of aviation for finance and [...]
Continue reading …Solar powered speed zone signs in school zones have saved Colorado Springs $1 million, city traffic engineers say. The signs require less maintenance and are cheaper and quicker to install than traditional systems. The Colorado Department of Transportation also uses the solar powered signs in construction zones on major roadways. Read more here.
Continue reading …The Colorado Department of Transportation is holding an open house tonight to talk about construction that will affect traffic on U.S. Highway 24 in the Ute Pass area. Contractors will be replacing a 79-year-old concrete bridge on eastbound U.S. 24, on the east side of Cascade. Construction will start in mid-September and traffic will be [...]
Continue reading …David Gordon has been named director of the aeronautics division of the Colorado Department of Transportation. He will manage seven people who work directly with Colorado public-use airports as well as Colorado and national aviation associations to help improve aviation safety and operations. The division also oversees an annual discretionary grants program that awards revenues [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Transportation Commission has approved nine more construction projects to receive stimulus money. The money is leftover as a result of lower-than-expected bids on earlier projects. The Colorado Department of Transportation has received $400 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for projects, about 75 percent of which has been “obligated,” or [...]
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