EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A segment of road on the El Paso/Douglas county line will remain closed through Thursday because of erosion damage caused by two heavy rainstorms in the past week, officials said Tuesday. Dan Gerhard, a public works engineer with El Paso County, said that County Line Road — north of
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — People who drive or live along Jerry Murphy Road on the city’s northeast side have noticed that street “dips” at two adjacent intersections were lowered recently, but not for the reasons they hoped for. As KRDO 13’s “The Road Warrior” reported in February, the dips at several intersections along the road
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Rain apparently didn’t put a damper on the start of a repaving project that will affect traffic going to and from the Colorado Springs Airport. Paving was scheduled to start Sunday evening and wrap up at 5 a.m. Monday morning at the intersection of Powers Boulevard and Milton E. Proby Parkway. The
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — As the mid-1700s nursery rhyme explains: Simple Simon met a pieman, going to the fair. But Simon didn’t have to contend with driving, parking, or traffic congestion — and Colorado State Fair (CSF) attendees don’t have to, either, if they take advantage of the free shuttle service. Drivers going to the
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Steel City’s warmer climate allows it to start and end its street repaving sooner and later than most southern Colorado cities. However, while paving typically begins in mid-spring, it has not yet occurred due to various factors beyond the control of the Public Works Department. Those factors include two scheduled
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — In a rare weekend paving project, crews will resurface Glider Loop, a mile-long, unpaved road that has generated complaints from neighbors over the past year about muddy and slick conditions in wet weather. From Saturday through at least Monday, the county will place a double chip-seal surface on the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A block of Tejon Street in downtown Colorado Springs will be closed this week for milling and paving as part of an ongoing revitalization project. The closure will be between Colorado and Pikes Peak avenues, the area that has received much of the work since the $8.6 million project began
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PUEBLO, Colo. — Residents along Saratoga Road in the north side Belmont community are happy to hear that their crumbling street will finally get repaved this season. But it comes with a heavy price: The removal of 41 trees between the sidewalks and curbs. “I guess I’d rather have good roads,” said neighbor Duke Wright.
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Rocky Mountain Classical Academy, finishing its second week back to school, has a new crosswalk and other safety upgrades provided by a summer resurfacing project on the street in front of the school. Crews repaved a mile of Antelope Ridge Drive — just west of Marksheffel Road, on
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Continued work on the 8th Street bridge over Fountain Creek was why crews planned a daytime closure of the right northbound lane during the middle of the day on Thursday. A flashing message sign alerted drivers that the closure would start at 9 a.m. and end at 3 p.m., between
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — City officials and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) have different perspectives on why safety projects at two District 60 schools didn’t happen this summer, as scheduled. The projects are funded by CDOT “Safe Routes to School” grants. A CDOT spokesperson recently told KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior: “There is no
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — For the second straight week, drivers along part of Mesa Ridge Parkway (State Highway 16) adjusted to a lower speed limit. However, Monday’s change apparently didn’t result in additional traffic impacts. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) lowered the speed limit to 35 mph during school hours along Mesa Ridge High
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As the fall semester begins for schools across the state, drivers must adjust to a new law that places another restriction on passing school buses that are loading or unloading students. The law became effective in late May, after the spring semester for most schools. Under the law, drivers approaching
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Many drivers who shop at the Walmart in Falcon are glad that the road behind it, Foxtail Meadow Lane, is currently being repaved, and that the Rolling Thunder Way intersection on the south end is part of that project. However, some drivers are unhappy that all of the mile-long
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Next week begins three months of construction on a stretch of Woodmen Road, primarily between Academy Boulevard and Interstate 25. During a Thursday morning briefing near the Woodmen/Academy interchange, officials detailed the two upcoming projects. The first starts Monday with repairs to the Woodmen overpass across Academy Boulevard, and to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Texas Roadhouse is a popular and busy restaurant, one that’s not easy to get into because of traffic and limited parking. But earlier this week, access was more difficult for a good reason, welcomed by customers, delivery drivers, and business owners. A paving crew arrived Monday to repair worsening
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Numerous citizens have asked when projects on Galley Road, one of which started early last year, will end the road closures and detours they’ve endured. Galley cuts through several neighborhoods and is a convenient east-west route for drivers between Academy and Powers boulevards, but citizens have been frustrated by the
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Signs marking the decrease of traffic speed to a maximum of 45 mph are in place along part of Mesa Ridge Parkway on the north side of town, as the change becomes official on Monday. The reduced speed will cover three miles of the busy parkway (State Highway 16) between Interstate
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Foxtail Meadow Road is only a quarter of a mile long, but it’s a popular shortcut for drivers to and from a Walmart and other businesses in a shopping center. The road is in poor condition, so the county will close the road for at least two weeks, starting
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Road Warrior has occasionally reported on complaints from viewers about cracked or damaged sidewalks taking a long time to be repaired. However, on a high point overlooking the downtown skyline, it’s a vanishing sidewalk segment that has homeowners concerned. The problem area is on a bend at the intersection
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