Tag: transportation
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New Colorado Springs interchange to partially open on Powers Boulevard
Road officials are advising caution as drivers get used to navigating a new diverging diamond interchange at Powers Boulevard and Airport Road. “They’re a little bit more different, a little bit more challenging,” said Randy Johnson, Colorado Department of Transportation project engineer. Starting Wednesday morning, the new interchange will be partially open, taking traffic for…
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Roundabout planned on U.S. 24 near Falcon
Some nearby residents are skeptical about how the state is addressing traffic and safety issues at the busy intersection of U.S. 24 and Judge Orr Road. The planned solution? A roundabout. “It’s got all of us really concerned,” said Rod Nelson of his neighbors along nearby Blue Gill Drive. The Colorado Department of Transportation plans…
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Resolution calling for increased road funding clears Colorado Senate committee
A Republican legislator said he was pleasantly surprised on Wednesday when the state Senate’s transportation panel advanced a resolution brought to him by county commissioners urging the Colorado Department of Transportation to invest more money to fix roads. Road maintenance is “probably the No. 1 issue” in his seven-county district, said Sen. Byron Pelton, R-Sterling.…
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Fountain reorganizes tax agreement for 200-acre ‘blight’ area
If you take a wrong turn in the intense commercial development around Mesa Ridge Parkway in Fountain, you might end up in a curious swath of undeveloped land. Designated by the East Infill Urban Renewal Plan, this 213-acre area has resisted development despite the presence of big box stores, dense residential neighborhoods and apartments on…
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Multi-million dollar Circle Drive bridge project nears completion
A project to replace almost 900 feet of bridge in southeast Colorado Springs on Circle Drive is nearing its end, with the westbound side ready to handle traffic after two years of construction. “What we’re celebrating is a vital connector in our transportation network. Circle Drive serves thousands of drivers every single day,” said Colorado…
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Colorado Springs to remove defunct downtown railroad bridge
Colorado Springs grew up around the Costilla Street Bridge. Overhead, railway traffic rumbled for decades, exemplified by the faded Santa Fe Railway signs on the bridge’s steel girders. The sloping street underneath was the site of the inaugural Soap Box Derby in 1946, which was a traditional spot for the race until this year. “It’s…
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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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How 4 key infrastructure projects centered in Italy will reshape the European transit map
Workers broke open the first tunnel connecting Austria to Italy under the Brenner Pass
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Vince Bzdek: ‘The biggest undertaking by mankind in the history of the world’
Shortly after the D-Day invasion started 80 years ago this week, Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower — walking the Normandy beaches with his son 2nd Lt. John Eisenhower — said this: “If I didn’t have air supremacy, I wouldn’t be here.” That statement somewhat contradicts the single “Private Ryan” image most people hold in their heads of…
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announces flyer protection partnership in Denver visit
Alongside Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser in Denver International Airport, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a new partnership between 25 states and the Dept. of Transportation to help better protect passengers from airline abuses such as late or partial refunds for cancellation, mistreatment of wheelchairs and other offenses.