PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — There’s renewed hope that a road considered to be the area’s worst may finally be repaired this year after decades of deterioration. That road is actually part of two roads: the north end of Jerry Murphy Road in the city and the south end of Overton Road in Pueblo County. The
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A traffic signal project that began just before Thanksgiving was supposed to be finished by New Year’s Day, then by the end of January. Many viewers have asked why work to upgrade signals on Garden of the Gods Road, at the Northpark Drive and Mark Dabling Boulevard intersections, isn’t done
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The efforts of a Colorado Congressman and the head of the county’s Board of Commissioners have resulted in $1 million of federal funding for the intersection of Constitution Avenue and Peterson Road. Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colorado Springs, recently announced the allocation, citing the assistance of Commissioner Carrie Geitner. His
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Westbound US 50 was shut down early Tuesday due to a water main break, according to Pueblo Water and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). According to COTrip.org, crews shut down US 50 at approximately 2:52 a.m. on Tuesday. The water main break is on the westbound side of the MLK
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — UPDATE: Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) announced early Monday afternoon that this project is now delayed. In a statement released just before 2 p.m. Monday, CSU said that lane closures on two of three westbound lanes of Austin Bluffs Parkway between Goldenrod Drive and the exit ramp to Union Boulevard will
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Despite a furious rally in the third period, Colorado College fell to Arizona State, 6-5, in overtime Friday night at Ed Robson Arena. Joel Kjellberg scored 1:40 into the extra period to give the Sun Devils (13-13-1, 6-8-1 NCHC) two points in the NCHC standings. Mats Lindgren had two goals and an
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Currently, the closest thing to a highway roundabout in southern Colorado was built several years ago, on an exit ramp at the junction of US 50 and Highway 115 in Fremont County. But the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is preparing to construct a traffic circle on a major
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — On Tuesday night, the City Council decided to take no action, for the present, on whether to reopen a neighborhood street segment that has been closed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council updated the status of Southmoor Drive, where authorities closed several blocks along the middle of the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Nearly a year after crews finished building a new bridge on Voyager Parkway, they’re preparing to construct three more in the latest phase of the continued extension of Powers Boulevard north to Interstate 25. The new extension segment will eventually be laid out under the Voyager bridge and connect to
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Around 40 neighbors on the city’s northwest side recently attended a public meeting to learn more about two upcoming projects designed to improve travel there. KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior first reported on the projects in early December: An extension of Sun Mountain Boulevard, north from 24th to 31st streets; and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Snow accumulation and sub-zero temperatures on Monday morning led officials to postpone one of two planned road closures related to construction projects. The closures were officially to start at 6 a.m. on a three-mile stretch of Las Vegas Street between Janitell Road and Highway 85/87, and on the eastbound on-ramp
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews with the county and with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) routinely use salt brine to pre-treat streets and roads before winter storms arrive. However, in preparation for this late-week storm, the county applied the brine, but CDOT decided against it. The difference in strategy, apparently, relates to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — John Wei lives in the Pinecliff neighborhood north of the Interstate 25/Garden of the Gods Road interchange, and recently contacted The Road Warrior about what he believes is a safety concern in the area. Wei said that the situation is gradually worsening around the three-way intersection of Rusina Road, Popes
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials said that temporary closures are possible starting Wednesday along a narrow road at the entrance to Rampart Park on the city’s northeast side. A city crew will install an underground drainage pipe along 300 feet of an open channel between the road, a sloped buffer zone, and a retaining
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A street improvement project that was supposed to end this summer has started back up this week after a year-long break. We’re referring to the second and final phase of work along two miles of South Academy Boulevard, between Fountain Boulevard and Jet Wing Drive. Crews are making major drainage
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colder temperatures and the federal Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday aren’t keeping crews from making progress in the ongoing improvement project on 8th Street. Until now, it has generally affected northbound 8th Street, on the bridge over Fountain Creek, and the eastbound US 24 Frontage Road to Cimarron
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A project that The Road Warrior first reported on last April, and was scheduled to start the following month, is finally getting underway at the interchange of US 24, Peterson Road, and Space Village Avenue. Officials stated that the right southbound lane of Peterson, between the US 24 overpass and
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Residents of one of the Steel City’s oldest neighborhoods are surprised to learn that the job of rebuilding crumbling streets is not the responsibility of public works crews. Instead, a Denver-based developer is supposed to improve the streets as part of a project to build a luxury apartment complex on a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In case the holidays kept you too busy to see The Road Warrior’s report a week before Christmas, updating the nearly three-year project to improve a 1.5-mile stretch of I-25, we’re bringing you another look at the progress to date. Work started in the fall of 2023 and is scheduled
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With an extended full closure of Galley Road already frustrating many neighbors and drivers, the last thing they want to hear about is more lane closures on that street. But on Monday, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) closed a lane in each direction on Galley between Parkway — the south entrance
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