Colorado Springs police confirm suspicious package near Marksheffel is ‘traffic monitoring device’

The Colorado Springs Police Department says a suspicious package was discovered on the bridge near Highway 24 and Marksheffel Road Monday afternoon.

Authorities are asking that all pedestrian and vehicle traffic be diverted from the area at this time. They say if at all possible to use alternate routes and expect delays.

Jackie Kirby with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office told KRDO, the package was NOT a bomb, but a ‘traffic monitoring device’ that does not belong to CDOT or the city.

She provided us with this picture of the device.