COORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Similar to last summer’s pothole “blitz” in Pueblo, officials in Colorado Springs plan to start a pothole “surge,” or saturation patrol, for a more aggressive response to patching potholes. It’s a very, very big deal,” said Corey Farkas, the city’s manager for public works operations and maintenance. The surge starts
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers on the city’s southwest side have been without a popular shortcut under I-25 between the Broadmoor World Arena and the south end of Janitell Road since February 2024. Officials closed the one-way, single-lane Willwood Tunnel for safety reasons — explaining that there was too much traffic congestion from drivers
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As organizers prepare for the annual Territory Days festival on Memorial Day weekend, city officials are planning to make safety upgrades that could improve the atmosphere for that event, and for other future gatherings along bustling West Colorado Avenue. On Wednesday, officials gathered to announce the plan for safety improvements
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The Colorado Department of Transportation is repaving 10 miles of U.S. 50 from Purcell Boulevard in Pueblo West to the Fremont County line, with a budget of $15 million and an expected completion date of late summer or early fall.
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — After spending $375,000 to repair a crumbling concrete channel in Cimarron Hills earlier this spring, the county will spend $200,000 more to replace two drainage pipes connected to the channel. The channel work limited traffic on Ford Street at the Seneca Road intersection to one lane in each direction,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The latest phase in the $11 million Park Vista drainage improvements project will allow traffic to resume on a street that’s been closed since last October. The closure of a block of Hopeful Drive was to replace a bridge over Templeton Gap Creek, and dry weather helped crews finish the
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Since late 2024, we’ve been watching the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) make steady progress on the building of five bridges across Interstate 25, Fountain Creek, and the Union Pacific Railroad. And now, starting this weekend, drivers will get a closer look at the project. Beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, crews
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Among the most common pothole-related questions to KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior are: Why do crews fill some, but not all of numerous potholes at an intersection, and why are pothole reports listed as “closed” when they actually still need repair. Two examples of intersection potholes are at Academy and
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) have so far removed dozens of concrete pavement panels that were cracked and broken along the five miles of Highway 115 in Pensose. And this week, workers were still using saws to cut out the remaining affected panels on the north end
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A street repaving that didn’t happen as scheduled last year will be the first this year in the Steel City and Home of Heroes. Crews have begun removing old pavement from a mile of 6th Street, through the middle of downtown, from Interstate 25 to the Midtown Shopping Center. On Tuesday,
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Much of downtown was in darkness overnight because of a power outage that cut electricity to street lights, traffic signals, and businesses. KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior noticed the situation as he arrived to report on a paving project just before 5 a.m. Wednesday. The downtown McDonald’s also lost power, affecting
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Northbound traffic on part of Stone Avenue around a water main project is closed as Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) enters its fourth day of construction. CSU is replacing an iron pipe with a PVC pipe along a mile of the avenue, from just north of Fillmore Street to Winters Drive,
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews are nearly finished placing fresh asphalt on the western end of Hanover Road, the main artery through the Hanover community, where significant damage occurred in February 2025. County officials said that the damage isn’t the reason for the repaving; rather, it was simply on the regular schedule this
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The Denver Broncos wrapped up rookie mini-camp on Sunday. After practice a few of the rookies praised their mother’s on Mother’s Day.
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The potential for future economic development in the St. Charles Industrial Park has changed the strategy for rebuilding a deteriorating concrete road through the area. In late 2024, KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior reported on the plan for 1.5 miles of Lime Road, east of the Stem Beach interchange on Interstate
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CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — This marks the third consecutive year that Cañon City will have a major, impactful road-related construction project. And there will be three of them — two on the same street, and a third that crews have had difficulty completing since it began in late 2024. Currently underway are twin projects on
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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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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — In a follow-up to a Road Warrior report in February, crews this week repaved half of Jerry Murphy Road, on the north end of town, pleasing longtime residents who had demanded the resurfacing for decades. “It’s such a rough road that my truck has front-end damage from it,” said neighbor Alberto
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TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — People heading to work and school today will mostly find wet pavement, melting snow, and few slick spots to contend with on major streets and roads. KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior drove on US 24 through Ute Pass to Woodland Park and experienced no problems, with an early morning temperature
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