Upcoming Resurfacing Projects Scheduled for Pikes Peak Area

August 4, 2011 - Southeastern Colorado/CDOT Region 2 - EL PASO/PARK/DOUGLAS COUNTIES – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be chip sealing or paving three highway segments next week, east and west of Colorado Springs.

Monday, August 8: Chip sealing U.S. 24 between Calhan and Ramah (mile 345-349).  A pilot car will alternate eastbound and westbound traffic from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Delays up to 10 minutes.

Tuesday, August 9: Chip sealing State Highway 67 in the Westcreek area (mile 88-92).  Flaggers and a pilot car will be alternating northbound and southbound traffic from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Delays up to 10 minutes.

Upon completion of the work, sweepers will be operating on the highways each evening, cleaning any of the remaining small, loose rocks prevalent in chip seal resurfacing areas.

Wednesday, August 10 & Thursday, August 11: Paving U.S. 24 on the east side of Wilkerson Pass (mile 255-256).  Flaggers and a pilot car will alternate eastbound and westbound traffic from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Delays up to five minutes.

Chip sealing and paving are preventative maintenance operations, extending a highway’s effective surface life three to five years.

Motorists are reminded to please Slow for the Cone Zone, stay alert and pay attention to and obey all work zone/advisory signs and flaggers.

Updated information regarding traffic impacts on this or other CDOT projects is available at www.coloradodot.info/travel/scheduled-lane-closures.html or by calling 511.  To receive project updates via e-mail, visit www.coloradodot.info and click on the cell-phone icon in the upper right-hand corner.  The link takes you to a list of items you can subscribe to, including Southeast Colorado and Southwest Colorado.