MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — 1 P.M. UPDATE: The sun was trying to poke through the clouds as light snow continued to fall. Paved surfaces remained damp to wet, with gradual drying occurring. A Texas driver had a close call just before 11:30 a.m., when his pickup truck lost control and crossed four lanes of traffic
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Steel City’s recently released paving list for 2026 lists four streets targeted, with three either starting in or cutting across downtown. The fourth street is already halfway finished; a half-mile stretch at the north end of Jerry Murphy Road. KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior first reported on the project last
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The city continues to expand its boundaries by acquiring a road segment in a growing area south of the airport, but that also is in poor condition. City officials said that around a year ago, their engineering department approved assuming responsibility for part of Bradley Road, a half mile east
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As the longest stretch of street being repaved this year, Circle Drive’s six miles have received considerable attention. But segments of three other streets, each covering approximately 2.5 miles, are in equally rough condition, and they will be resurfaced, too. Union Boulevard, from Academy Boulevard to Austin Bluffs Parkway, is
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Many drivers have been curious about the acceleration/deceleration (A/D) lanes that are a highlight of the improvements project on Interstate 25 between Fillmore Street and Garden of the Gods Road. The lanes — one northbound and southbound, on the right side of the freeway — will be designed to improve
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — We’re now three months into the second major construction project along South Academy Boulevard, and the next phase begins on Monday. For the next two weeks, the east side of the South Academy Boulevard/Hancock Expressway will be closed through May 8; from that weekend until noon on Monday, May 11,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers and merchants got some relief from traffic impacts accompanying the ongoing improvement project on the north end of 8th Street, but they’ll be less pleased to learn that construction will take longer to complete than scheduled. Earlier this week, crews reopened the northbound right lane over the Fountain Creek
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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 your home will be there when you return. That uncertainty will likely continue to increase on Thursday as crews fight a 4,200-acre fire in the Hanover community of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As city officials prepare to hold their annual kick-off to the street paving season, at least two projects have already begun. This year’s highest priority is Circle Drive, arguably the most criticized street — and the one most needing new asphalt pavement — in town. Circle is a major thoroughfare
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COLORADO SPRINGS — Starting early Monday morning, and continuing through Friday, Tejon Street between Colorado Avenue and Kiowa Street, in the heart of downtown, will be closed to traffic. It marks the final phase of the $8.6 million project to upgrade those two blocks, making travel safer and easier for pedestrians. Crews began arriving at
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The 90-year-old bridge over Monument Creek, between Monument Valley Park and the Colorado College campus, will undergo nearly $6 million in renovations. Preparations began two weeks ago on the bridge; it will close on Monday and not reopen until sometime in the fall, according to a city release. Work will
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers along the three-mile stretch of Fountain Boulevard and Expressway, between The Circle Drive bridge and Powers Boulevard, may have noticed a glossy black material filling many potholes and cracks in the pavement. The substance is a liquid used by maintenance crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to
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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 begin next week at the south end, near the recently completed project to replace four bridges, according to message signs in the area. But one more project remains before the paving work
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The city will spend $6 million to install stormwater infrastructure in an industrial area that often floods because of the lack of proper drainage. Officials said that changes should begin this week on Stone Avenue between Fillmore Street and Nichols Boulevard, a stretch of approximately two-thirds of a mile. Officials
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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 the sheriff’s office is aware that the new Medal of Honor Boulevard, intended as a shortcut between the west side of Pueblo and Pueblo West, also presents an opportunity for people
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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 try it out. The two-year, $40 million project officially ended after an 11:30 a.m. ceremony on the east end of the construction site — beside the new county jail
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It was with much fanfare late last September that Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced the city’s hiring of 12 public works employees. Although those workers have a variety of duties, Mobolade brought them on to fulfill a campaign promise of devoting more resources to filling potholes. The new crews appear to
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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, including some that are large and deep, in the same intersection. KRDO13’s The Road Warrior recently responded to viewer complaints about two such intersections: Academy and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — This busy street on the city’s southwest side is about to become even more challenging for drivers to navigate. Beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, lane closures and turn restrictions will be in place on 8th Street, between Motor City Drive and Abbot Lane, so that crews can replace an underground
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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 ditch just east of the Powers Boulevard/Galley Road intersection isn’t an eyesore choked with broken concrete, weeds, trash and debris. Last month, KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior showed
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