EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Driving around the Pikes Peak region this summer, it’s easy to find crews performing concrete work to prepare for repaving streets for this year and future years. Some residents wish that the broken sidewalks in front of their homes could be fixed as quickly and efficiently. Two viewers recently
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews are making gradual progress on concrete construction in some areas of Security-Widefield in advance of repaving later this summer. It’s a big change for residents along Bison and Chimayo drives, widely considered to be in the worst condition; old sidewalks, curbs, and gutters have been torn out. Construction
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The history of Manitou Springs dates back to the 1870s, and much of its infrastructure is nearly as old. Some of the town’s water and sewer network has shown its age recently, with four emergency repair or regular maintenance projects since early spring. The latest repair work happened late Saturday
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Four months after moisture and temperature extremes caused extensive damage in the Hanover area, crews are nearly finished resurfacing a two-mile stretch of Myers Road between Peyton Highway and Finch Road. The weather, which changed from snowy and below zero to sunny and warm in a few days, crumbled
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Springs police have confirmed that one person is dead after a road rage incident overnight led to a fatal shooting just east of downtown Colorado Springs. The CSPD said that they were called to the area of Platte Avenue and Cedar Street at around 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, June
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WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (KRDO) — A project on Highway 67 that KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior covered when it began in mid-March is now approximately halfway finished. The traffic and safety improvement project on the north side of the City Above the Clouds has transformed a half-mile between Kelly’s Road and the intersection of County
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – The 10th Judicial Critical Incident Response Team is investigating an overnight officer-involved shooting in Pueblo County that sent a deputy and two suspects to the hospital. According to the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), at about 11:30 p.m. on June 24, deputies responded to a call made by an employee at
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — City leaders have revealed that they will build only three of the five planned roundabouts featured in coverage by KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior last year. Two reasons for the change: The traffic circles are expensive — up to $1 million each — and officials decided that they could stretch their
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TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) —The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) plans to start paving operations Wednesday on a 12-mile stretch of US 24, from just west of Woodland Park to just east of Florissant. That has some drivers, who are already concerned about traffic congestion so far, wondering how much worse it could get —
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The City of Pueblo Department of Public Works asked for input from city residents for a pothole filling effort that starts Monday and continues through Friday. A city release issued last week described the upcoming effort as a pothole “blitz.” KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior followed a crew that worked on
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Five streets in Security-Widefield are widely considered to be in the worst condition for that community, and will get a much-needed repaving this summer. That is, if it ever stops raining. Some neighbors tell KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior that late spring rainfall has occasionally flooded streets as crews
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It was a week ago that problems first developed in an aging sanitary sewer line, and now, more unexpected issues will delay completion of a repair project through June 30. A construction supervisor and the town’s utilities manager updated the situation to KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior late Wednesday afternoon,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The closure of a third of a mile of a busy Colorado Springs street is in effect after being delayed by city officials a month ago. It means that the closure will now affect the start of the fall semester for a nearby charter school in District 49. Officials revealed
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The opening of a new parking lot normally isn’t accompanied by fanfare and celebration. Except in Manitou Springs, a tourist town where parking is always in high demand and short supply. That began changing Monday, when town officials held a 7 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Dillon Mobility Hub.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A familiar sight across Fountain Creek at the north end of 8th Street has passed into history, at least for the present. Early Friday morning, crews removed the Midland Trail pedestrian bridge on the east side of the street, near the US 24 Frontage Road. Workers used power saws to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Some areas of the city have needed repaving or other infrastructure repairs more than others. This season, it’s the southwest side’s turn. So many projects are in such proximity to each other that the detour around one may bring drivers within just a few blocks of another. Generally, traffic congestion
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With all of the road-related construction in Colorado Springs, we often see erosion control bags used by crews to prevent sediment from washing away and clogging storm drains and ditches. However, those same bags may have increased street flooding during our recent rainy weather. KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior spoke
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — While the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is responsible for repaving the six-mile stretch of South Nevada Avenue between Brookside Street and Fort Carson’s main gate, the city is responsible for the block north of Nevada to Motor Way. The city will repave that block to coincide with CDOT’s project;
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Major construction work on 8th Street that The Road Warrior first reported on last month began Monday morning. The affected area is roughly a half-mile stretch between the US 24 Frontage Road and Motor City Drive, on the city’s southwest side. However, the first of the project’s three phases will
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The $70 million project to widen a 1.5-mile segment of busy South Academy Boulevard enters its second summer, and officials assure us that there won’t be a third. “We’re about 70% complete,” Brett Hatrzell, the project manager for El Paso County, revealed Thursday. “We’re on schedule to finish early
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