New developments this week on the 8th St. project in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers and merchants got some relief from traffic impacts accompanying the ongoing improvement project on the…
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Evacuees reflect as Hammer Fire in Hanover enters second day; morning update expected
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Few things are more unsettling than having to leave your home in a hurry because of a wildfire, without knowing if…
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Colorado Springs launches street paving season; Circle Drive top priority
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As city officials prepare to hold their annual kick-off to the street paving season, at least two projects have…
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Tejon Street closure in downtown Colorado Springs for final upgrade phase
COLORADO SPRINGS — Starting early Monday morning, and continuing through Friday, Tejon Street between Colorado Avenue and Kiowa Street, in the heart…
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Historic bridge over Monument Creek in Colorado Springs closes Monday, to reopen this fall
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The 90-year-old bridge over Monument Creek, between Monument Valley Park and the Colorado College campus, will…
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CDOT explains how it maintains rough conditions on Fountain Expressway/Boulevard in Colorado Springs until repaving in 2028
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers along the three-mile stretch of Fountain Boulevard and Expressway, between The Circle Drive bridge and…
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Exit ramp at Circle & Hancock in Colorado Springs to close for rest of April; expect traffic shifts
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — For many drivers, the much-needed and long-awaited repaving of Circle Drive can’t happen soon enough. And it will…
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Trio of utility projects to close part of Stone Avenue in Colorado Springs for nearly a year
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The city will spend $6 million to install stormwater infrastructure in an industrial area that often floods because…
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‘We’ve already caught a few speeders’; Monday marks first morning rush hour for Medal of Honor Boulevard in Pueblo County
PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s tempting for some drivers: 3.3 miles of four-laned, brand-new pavement with no stop signs or traffic lights. But…
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Pueblo County’s new Medal of Honor Boulevard now open!
PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The grand opening of the new Medal of Honor Boulevard happened as scheduled on Friday, and many drivers were eager to…
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Six Months Later: Checking in on 12 new pothole workers hired by Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It was with much fanfare late last September that Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced the city’s hiring of 12 public…
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What’s the strategy for pothole-infested intersections in Colorado Springs?
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s one thing to fill a single pothole on a city street, but it’s quite another to patch up to a dozen of them,…
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Water main replacement phase of 8th Street project in Colorado Springs started Monday
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — This busy street on the city’s southwest side is about to become even more challenging for drivers to navigate.…
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Repairs nearly complete on troubled drainage ditch in Cimarron Hills area of El Paso County
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — It looks so great now, that it almost shines, even at night. For the first time in decades, a block-long drainage…
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$8M Beacon Lite Rd project aims to boost safety, sparks neighborhood concerns
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews are in their fifth month of making $8 million in improvements to a 2/3-mile stretch of Beacon Lite Road between…
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Two years of projects to increase pedestrian safety, improve traffic flow south of downtown Colorado Springs nearly complete
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — City officials have spent more than $10 million on several projects to improve the busy corridors of South Nevada…
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Colorado State Patrol responds to growing concern about tailgating in I-25 Gap express lanes
EL PASO/DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE, Colo. (KRDO) — When the express lanes opened in the Interstate 25 “Gap” between Monument and Castle Rock in December…
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Highway 115 closure for 24 Fire now extended two miles north to Fort Carson Gate 1
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The explosion of growth in Fremont County’s “24 Fire” has led authorities to lengthen the 18-mile closure of Highway…
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UPDATE: Discovery of unmarked, underground utility lines should not delay 8th Street project in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two recent construction projects showed how the discovery of underground, unmarked utility lines delayed progress…
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Overnight change Wednesday on 8th Street project in Colorado Springs as Fountain Creek bridge phase winds down
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Travelers along 8th Street will see one last major traffic shift on the Fountain Creek bridge starting with work…
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