The Colorado Department of Transportation has made six camera feeds available to the public along north Main Avenue in Durango.
The cameras, mounted on traffic poles, already existed but were for internal use only, said Lisa Schwantes, regional CDOT spokeswoman, in an email to The Durango Herald. They were used to monitor traffic flow and incidents at the intersections.
The cameras provide live views but do not record, Schwantes said.
Making the camera feeds available to the public is part of CDOT’s broader effort to upgrade signal-mounted cameras statewide and expand the number of available views through COtrip.org, the agency’s travel information website.
Regionally, eight new camera views are now available on COtrip, she said. In Durango, cameras are located at the intersections of Main Avenue and 14th Street, 17th Street, 22nd Street, 24th Street, 32nd Street and Animas View Drive.
A camera at the intersection of U.S. Highway 550 and Colorado Highway 62 in Ridgway is also now online, as is a camera at the intersection of U.S. Highway 160 and County Road 501 in Bayfield.
CDOT’s local Traffic Operations team is working with its Intelligent Transportation Systems division to bring four additional camera views online in the coming weeks. Those additions could include two more locations in Durango and one each in Cortez and Alamosa, Schwantes said.
Camera feeds from across Colorado can be viewed at COtrip.org.
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