CDOT to begin pavement-marking operations on nine southern Colorado highways

COLORADO (KRDO) -- The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will soon begin pavement-marking operations on nine highways across southern Colorado.

Crews will begin work on Aug. 21 on highways in Park, Teller, El Paso, Fremont, Las Animas, Custer, Pueblo, Huerfano, and Prowers Counties.

CDOT said their crews along with crews from prime contractor, RoadSafe Traffic Systems, will be completing the work that will focus on the removal and replacement of median and shoulder striping. The project will be broken into two phases, one occurring in the fall from August until late October and one in the spring of 2023 from March until June. During the winter, work will stop and there will be no traffic impacts.

According to CDOT, the impacted areas will be:

• Park County: The highways impacted will be CO State Highway 9 from Mile Point 70.36 to 80.24, MP 64.67 to 65.40, MP 47.58 to 63.73 and MP 18.0 to 46.97. US Highway 285 from MP 201.11 to 207.62 and MP 185.30 to 188.0 will also be impacted.
• Fremont County: The highway impacted will be CO 9 from MP 0.0 to 18.0.
• Teller County: The highway impacted will be CO State Highway 67 from MP 76.92 to 77.50.
• El Paso County: The highway impacted will be CO State Highway 83 from MP 20.36 to 30.24.
• Pueblo County: The highway impacted will be CO State Highway 165 from MP 0.0 to 36.89.
• Custer County: The highway impacted will be CO State Highway 96 from MP 16.57 to 20.20.
• Huerfano County: The highways impacted will be US Highway 160 from MP 294.15 to 305.38 and CO State Highway 12 from MP 0.0 to 22.10.
• Las Animas County: The highway impacted will be CO 12 from MP 22.20 to 70.83.
• Prowers County: The highway impacted will be US Highway 50 from 433.35 to 467.58.

#CDOT #News: Crews will begin pavement-marking work across nine highways in #southeasternColorado on August 21. Single lane closures are expected intermittently in each project location.
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During the fall phase of the project, crews will start operations on CO 67, and move to US 50, CO 96, CO 165, CO 160, and end with US 50. The spring phase will focus on striping the remaining highways.

CDOT said crews will be primarily working nighttime hours throughout the duration of the project. Work will take place from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., Sunday night through Friday morning. Single lane closures are expected intermittently in each project location with at least one through lane of traffic being open at all times.

For more information on the project, visit https://www.codot.gov/projects/southeastern-colorado-pavement-marking

You can also contact CDOT directly with questions about the project by email at publicinfoco@gmail.com and by phone at (970) 880-4967.