TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Flashing message signs along two streets in Woodland Park previously displayed June 1 as the starting date for repaving work on Fairview Street and Thunder Ridge Drive. But nearly three weeks later, those projects have yet to begin. The electronic sign on Thunder Ridge has been turned off, while the
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — You can already see the early stages of a wastewater improvement project on the south side of the entrance to Confluence Park. That section of the park is closed off, with construction equipment operating, and what appear to be long pipe segments are stretched out nearby. Pueblo’s Wastewater Department is investing
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — The ongoing saga of Southmoor Drive should be over soon, as crews in the past week have completed most of the repaving work needed there. A half-mile of the street overlooking Fountain Creek — from the American Legion on the south end to Paladin Place on the north end — has
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Cooper Grove has become the second gravel road in Black Forest since 2024 to have issues with being muddy and slippery in wet weather. Neighbors on the road, which is at the intersection of Black Forest Road and just south of the Douglas County line, contacted KRDO 13’s The
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — After a year of construction, drivers can now see how the busy intersection of Dublin Boulevard and Marksheffel Road looks in its final lane configuration. Officials said that as of 5 a.m. Monday, crews finished most of their work at the growing northeast side intersection bordered by the Banning Lewis
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Road Warrior was back on Friday at the scene of the four-block closure on Uintah Street that has been in effect since late Wednesday afternoon. It was a second full day of detours for drivers along the busy street. Crews with the city and Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) took
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials are assessing the condition of a bridge over Shooks Run Creek on Uintah Street to make emergency “utility and bridge repairs,” according to a city release issued late Wednesday afternoon. The closure of four blocks of Uintah, between Institute and Prospect Streets, happened around 4 p.m. Wednesday. “I was
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A pair of intersections affected by previous and ongoing construction projects are about to present more traffic impacts for drivers. Both of the changes are expected to start on Wednesday. The longest closure — lasting until the end of the year — will be on Wooten Road, just north of
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — At this time a year ago, crews were responding to several water main breaks while also trying to schedule numerous street repaving projects. But with water main repairs not being an issue so far this year, crews can focus more on repaving, and they applied the first new layer of
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TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A crumbling cobblestone street is one of two streets scheduled for repaving this season. Woodland Park plans to lay asphalt over 1/3 mile of Thunder Ridge Drive, a steep, winding street paved with stones. According to neighbors, the cobblestone street was built by the original developer 20 years ago, as
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — There’s so much road and bridge construction in the Steel City this year, it seems a good time for KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior to check on the status of four projects in particular. City crews completed one project earlier this spring, ending a five-month closure of the Mel Harmon Bridge
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The ongoing improvements project on the north end of 8th Street has presented its share of challenges for drivers, pedestrians, business owners, and city officials. But the latest challenge is an issue separate from that project. Because of repair work next week by Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) to fix a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Within the past week, crews have finally repaved the mile-long west end of Rio Grande Street on the city’s southwest side. However, it has created mixed feelings among drivers, neighbors, and viewers who contacted KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior, who ask why the new asphalt layer wasn’t laid until nearly
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TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is targeting the upcoming Father’s Day holiday for wrapping up a $7.2 million widening and drainage improvement project that started in March 2025. Construction covers nearly three miles of Highway 67 on the north side of town, between US 24 and the Kelley’s Road/Stone
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters walked out of the La Vista Correctional Facility on June 1, 2026, according to the Colorado Department of Corrections. Peters’ release comes just weeks after Colorado Governor Jared Polis officially commuted her nearly 9-year prison sentence. La Vista is primarily a medium-security facility
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers who may have wondered about a long, winding, flexible pipe at the bottom of the 8th Street hill for the past few weeks, now may be curious about why it’s gone and where it went. In a daylong operation on Wednesday, crews with Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) inserted a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Die-hard fans of the Thunderbirds, the Air Force’s demonstration squadron, couldn’t believe it when it happened last year, and they expressed more disbelief and frustration when it happened again on Thursday. Adverse weather conditions led officials to cancel the annual post-commencement air show, except for the traditional flyover above the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Thursday could produce the busiest graduation day traffic in recent memory around the north gate of the Air Force Academy (AFA). Since last year’s event, the construction of new roundabouts between the gate, the new Hotel Polaris, and the just-opened new Visitors Center has been completed. The roundabouts are designed
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) are two weeks into a ten-mile, $12 repaving project on US 24 between Peyton and Calhan. The work continues repaving completed last year from Falcon to Peyton. Crews are currently in the milling process, removing existing pavement from the westbound lane
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Now that the threat of erosion from Fountain Creek has decreased, officials are moving ahead with repaving a half-mile of Southmoor Drive on the north side of town. A visible sign of the upcoming work is the recent removal of concrete barriers, although several road closure signs remain in place between
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