Colorado Department of Transportation

Carpenter area recieves more wetlands

CDOT, City of Cortez team up for mitigation effort

DATE: Sep 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Work on Main Street brings Cortez up to standard

Colorado Department of Transportation has completed traffic sign and signal changes along U.S. Highway 160 in Cortez. Construction to install the new lights and signs were wrapped...

DATE: Sep 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cool temperatures, rain usher in rockfall season

Freeze-thaw cycle loosens boulders that hammer area roads

DATE: Aug 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

CDOT installing lighting on U.S. 160 near Towaoc

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will install new lighting on U.S. Highway 160 at three access roads to Towaoc and the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation south of Cortez. The eight...

DATE: Jun 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. Highway 491 under construction through November

Cortez motorists can expect construction on U.S. Highway 491 through the summer on a Colorado Department of Transportation project that started last week. The construction affects...

DATE: May 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

In the Colorado General Assembly, roads debate is in limbo

Truckers, commuters, businesses frustrated with logjam

DATE: May 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

CDOT’s force behind Road to Nowhere resigning

Spokeswoman led Bridge to Nowhere bid

DATE: Apr 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wonder when your streets will be cleaned?

City releases schedule on when sweepers will reach your neighborhood

DATE: Mar 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

I-70 snow tire bill dies in Colorado Senate

DENVER – Colorado drivers won’t need snow tires or chains in the trunk to drive into the mountains next winter. A bill to require adequate tire traction from October to May through the Rocky...

DATE: Mar 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bill legalizing some ‘puffer’ cars heads to governor

A bill headed to the Colorado governor’s office would make it legal to leave unattended cars running – if they have remote-start systems. The bill updates the state’s ban on “puff...

DATE: Mar 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rockslide on U.S. 550 may take a week to clear

Estimated 700 tons of debris landed on road

DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado travel information sometimes fuzzy during big storms

CDOT uses several communications media; sometimes, signals get crossed

DATE: Dec 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News