PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Steel City and Home of Heroes is capping off a busy road construction season with the building of a roundabout that is one of five planned during the next year. The first of those traffic circles is at the intersection of West Adams Avenue and Jackson Street, on the city’s
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The two-year, $40 million project to replace four aging bridges on South Circle Drive will enter its second phase in November when construction of the two eastbound bridges is completed. Since the project began early last December, two lanes of traffic in each direction have continued to flow on the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The city is giving attention to a long-neglected road that is bordered by four different jurisdictions and has drawn many driver complaints. A city public works crew recently performed some repaving on sections of Venetucci Boulevard, from just south of the Broadmoor World Arena to the intersection of B Street
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers and neighbors wondering why it has taken so long to complete the widening of Black Forest Road, between Woodmen Road and Research Parkway, will be relieved to know that project is nearing its end. Work on the $32 million project began in April 2022 but, without delays, should be
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — City officials are using a public survey in taking a new look at how they manage parking in their two biggest public parking areas of downtown and Old Colorado City. Earlier this summer, the city began gathering feedback through a citizen online survey to seek ideas and suggestions from drivers
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MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — A growing community producing more traffic is why El Paso County is making improvements to Highway 105, east of Interstate 25. Work on the $14.6 million project began in mid-July and won’t be completed until sometime next year, said project manager Alyssa Werre. “We’re working on Saturdays to try and remain
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MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — What’s believed to be the second roundabout, or traffic circle, built in the Pikes Peak region by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is entering its third month of construction. It’s on the southwest side of the Monument area, at the intersection of Baptist Road and Terrazzo Drive; it’s a key
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — We’re finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for part of the South Academy Boulevard improvements project. Overnight paving this week is a sign that the northern half of the project Is winding down. “Beautiful. Those fresh stripes on black asphalt, there’s nothing like it,” Ryan Phipps,
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It won’t belong before ice, snow and colder temperatures cause potholes to form and develop and local streets and roads. Manitou Springs is preparing now to stay ahead of the peak pothole period. Being a smaller town makes pothole-patching more manageable; through July, Manitou crews had filled 242 potholes compared
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — On Monday morning, KRDO 13 reported on many drivers believing that Democracy Point, a road on the city’s northeast side that is crumbling and full of potholes, was a city street. The condition of the street recently led one man to fill the largest pothole with stones from a nearby
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Several current and recent paving projects will likely make driving to and from this year’s Colorado State Fair smoother than it’s ever been. A key project is the repaving of nearly two miles of Northern Avenue between Interstate 25 and Prairie Avenue — a major route to the fair. Andrew Hayes,
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PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KRDO) — Southbound I-25 near Pueblo reopened Friday morning at 10 a.m. after a vehicle rear-ended a military Humvee overnight. The call came in around 4:06 a.m., according to the Colorado State Patrol (CSP). CSP said later Friday morning that it was determined that a military convoy was traveling south in the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — For the second time this year, city officials gathered in front of a northeast-side school to talk about this year’s street paving season. Mayor Yemi Mobolade was among officials discussing paving outside of Martinez Elementary School, at the intersection of Rangewood Drive and Vickers Drive. The event was a follow-up
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Being a popular tourist destination and shopping location has helped the town catch up on street paving. Roy Chaney, Manitou’s public service director, said that parking revenue has generated $300,000 annually in the past few years that funds street paving, sidewalk and crosswalk addition and maintenance, and other infrastructure needs.
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — How did a winding, half-mile road on the west end of town get to be in such bad shape? That’s what many drivers wonder about Serpentine Drive, which connects US 24 above town to a roundabout at the west end of Manitou Avenue. “Yeah, it’s terrible!” exclaimed Estella Kutschara, who
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Applying a polyester covering on the bridge deck of the new I-25 overpass above South Academy Boulevard is why the boulevard remains closed to drivers for a second straight week during overnight hours. The polyester makes the bridge deck more durable and hold up better under heavy traffic volume; the
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — For Tom Beauchamp, it started out as something to do between watching TV and taking naps. “I had two grandsons at Woodmen Hills Elementary School,” he said. “I thought I’d give crossing guard a try.” Five years later, he’s still on the job — twice a day, five days
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MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — You may think that school districts have their bus routes determined well before the first day of school, but Lewis-Palmer School District 38 waits until literally the last minute. Don Hansen, the district’s bus router who’s been in charge of bus routes for seven years, explains why schedules are finalized so
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As students in Academy District 20 begin resuming classes Tuesday, they’ll notice a safety zone with flashing yellow caution lights for the first time at Pine Creek High School. Pine Creek is one of five high or middle schools receiving the flashers for the start of the fall semester; it’s
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The March 2023 crosswalk death of a Doherty High School student after being struck by a car led city traffic engineers to start an effort to improve safety around school zones. As students resume classes this week for the fall semester, five schools will now have flashing yellow lights in
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