EL PASO/DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE, Colo. (KRDO) – After a December grace period that resulted in approximately 10,000 violations, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) starts the new year with tighter enforcement of illegal and unsafe driving habits in the I-25 “Gap” between Monument and Castle Rock. CDOT said that it is the first in the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – UPDATE: As detectives continue investigating the circumstances surrounding the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, ABC News has received word the man behind the wheel came from Colorado Springs. Federal sources confirm that the FBI is conducting operations and searches in Colorado Springs, in
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Colorado College forward Klavs Veinbergs tells KRDO-13 Sports about the Christmas tradition in Latvia of earning your Christmas gifts.
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Officials said that they performed some type of resurfacing on 212 roads this year, covering approximately 10% of its overall network which is evenly divided between paved and unpaved roads. Jack Ladley, the county’s deputy public works director, said that crews repaved 39 roads with asphalt; the longest stretch
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Just two months after the end of this year’s paving season, officials have already prepared a preliminary list of streets to be repaved for next year. To view the list, visit: https://coloradosprings.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=8e217b737c384074a1a6be1ce30058b9. The list is included as part of a map showing streets repaved since 2021; the streets recommended for
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Six months after KRDO13’s The Road Warrior first reported on the poor condition of the US 50 frontage road in front of the Belmont Post Office, it has received attention from a Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) crew. Earlier this month, workers used liquid rubber to seal numerous cracks in the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The revelation this summer that city public works crews are eight to ten years behind in catching up on requests to repair sidewalks was a shock to many residents, but a manager recently provided more details on the matter. Corey Farkas, who manages operations and maintenance, said that much of
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Two people have died and two others are in a hospital following a fatal crash in Pueblo early Thursday morning Police closed a three-block stretch between of Pueblo Boulevard between O’Neal Avenue and Vinewood Lane just after 5 a.m. According to police, this was a single-vehicle crash. An SUV was found
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – A community of approximately 1,100 homes southeast of the Colorado Springs Airport is getting something they’ve demanded from the county for years: extensive street and drainage improvements. County officials broke ground yesterday on a $10 million project to repave and install new storm sewers on around a dozen streets
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Two months have passed since KRDO13’s The Road Warrior broke the story of an upcoming project to improve the busy interchange at I-25 and East US 50. On Monday, officials held a groundbreaking ceremony to officially start the project. As The Road Warrior reported in October — a week after $114
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — When compared with other southern Colorado cities, the bridge situation here seems better than most. Robert McDonald, the city’s transportation director, said that its seven major bridges are in good shape. “Our major bridges are inspected by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) every two years,” he said. “And we’ve received
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – An inspection last year found that the town of Manitou Springs has 11 bridges in poor condition. But the situation may not be as dire as you’d think. Roy Chaney, the public works director, said that those structures are actually culverts because they don’t meet the minimum 20-foot length definition
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Steel City and Home of Heroes will experience a flurry of bridge construction during the next year; possibly more than it’s ever had. Four bridges in town are rated in poor or otherwise low condition: The city-owned Union Avenue bridge on the south end downtown and the LaCrosse bridge near
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The recent closure of the Blue Mesa Bridge on US 50 near Gunnison, left many of us wondering how safe our bridges are to drive on. Investigators with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) determined that cracks and other safety issues that developed were caused not by how the bridge
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Officials say that an 18-month project will start early next year to address one of the most notorious areas for flash flooding in the Pikes Peak region. The intersection of Siferd Boulevard and Date Street — in the middle of Spring Creek and the Templeton Gap drainage area — has
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is wrapping up a project at a T-shaped intersection designed to eliminate serious “T-bone” crashes. The safety project started four months ago at the corner of Highway 85/87 and Carson Boulevard. The $2.6 million project will improve safety and traffic flow through a nearby neighborhood.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Neighbors and drivers waiting for a two-block stretch of Galley Road to reopen, will have to wait a while longer. City officials announced last week that a bridge replacement scheduled for completion by the end of this year, now won’t be finished until next summer. Galley — between San Miguel
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EL PASO/DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is making two major changes this week with the tolling system for express lanes in the I-25 “Gap” from just north of Monument to Castle Rock. The express lanes on that 18-mile stretch opened nearly a year ago. Starting Monday, CDOT will
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Colorado State Patrol (CSP) say that they are beginning their “Heat is On” DUI enforcement program. Starting Thursday, Nov. 21, CSP — as well as 75 other local law enforcement agencies — are expected to have an increased presence on the roads and
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – It started in March and wasn’t scheduled for completion until early next year, but officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday to mark the end of a $10 million safety and improvement project on a mile-long stretch of Meridian Road. The ceremony was at the intersection of Meridian and
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