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Colorado DOT selects Flatiron/AECOM for C-470 tolled express lanes project
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has selected Flatiron/AECOM as the Apparent Selected Proposer for the 12.5-mile C-470 Tolled Express Lanes Segment 1 Design-Build project. The agency says currently more than 100,000 motorists travel over this section of C-470 each day and estimates that figure to increase by 40 percent by 2035. The project will […]
April 6, 2016
Roadbuilding
Why CDOT uses Howitzer artillery to trigger avalanches
It’s a constant challenge for the Colorado Department of Transportation to keep roads and mountain passes clear from the torrent of snowfall the state sees each year. But CDOT has a secret weapon, and that’s not a metaphor. KOB 4 went out in the snow with the transportation crews recently at Red Mountain Pass Safe […]
February 10, 2016
Roadbuilding
Colorado DOT launches near real-time snowplow tracking system
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has launched a system that will track and monitor snowplows in “near real-time” that will also allow the public to view vehicle location via an Automated Vehicle Location (AVL). At this time only 860 of the 970 snowplows in CDOTs fleet are fitted with the AVL system. “One of […]
February 2, 2016
Roadbuilding
Colorado’s second diverging diamond interchange opens at McCaslin Boulevard bridge at U.S. 36
The second diverging diamond interchange (DDI) in Colorado has opened at the McClasin Boulevard bridge over U.S. 35 in the Louisville/Superior area. A ribbon-cutting ceremony held Jan. 7 featured officials from the two municipalities, the U.S. 35 Express Lane Project team, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and CDOT’s High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE). “Opening […]
January 11, 2016
Roadbuilding
Colorado DOT places Spector as High Performance Transportation Enterprise director
David Spector, form legal counsel for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, has been named director of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE). Spector replaces Michael Cheroutes, who had served as the first HPTE since 2010. Cheroutes left the organization to run the Colorado Center for Infrastructure Investment (CC2I). The HPTE is […]
October 14, 2015
Roadbuilding
Colorado DOT, HPTE release first I-70 East Project request for proposals to public
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the state’s High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) have released to the public the first request for proposals (RFP) for the Interstate 70 East Project near Denver, an effort aimed at increasing transparency and public participation. Details on the RFP are available here. The I-70 East Project proposes an additional […]
September 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
Seven state DOTs win western regional America’s Transportation Awards
Departments of transportation for seven western states won America’s Transportation Awards during the 2015 Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (WASHTO) annual meeting. California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas and Utah were honored for projects in Best Use of Innovation, Under Budget and Quality of Life/Community Development categories. The American Association […]
August 4, 2015
Roadbuilding
Colorado DOT receives 5 statements of qualification for I-70 East Project
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) and the Colorado Bridge Enterprise (CBE) have received statements of qualification (SOQ) from five entities for work on the possible public-private partnership (P3) for the Interstate 70 East Project in the Denver area. SOQs summarize a group’s experience both in the industry and similar […]
June 25, 2015
Roadbuilding
While others mull drones, Colorado DOT tests blimps for monitoring highway conditions
The Colorado Department of Transportation might get accused of having its head in the clouds with a new test it’s trying out this week. Well, the department is at least trying to get its eyes up there. CDOT’s testing out a helium-filled blimp this week to monitor traffic, according to the Denver Business Journal. RELATED […]
June 11, 2015
Roadbuilding
Semi causes 4-vehicle crash into work zone, killing Colorado DOT worker
A Colorado Department of Transportation worker was killed last week after a four-vehicle crash in a construction zone. David Morris, 61, was driving a CDOT dump truck when a semi-truck failed to stop at a construction zone on Highway 50 Friday afternoon, CBS Denver reported. Traffic on the road was reduced to one lane because of […]
May 19, 2015
Roadbuilding
Three highway funding bills fail within one week in the Colorado Legislature
Potential funding for Colorado roads went three up and three down in the Legislature this week. The failure of all three bills leaves the state’s roads without any extra help from legislators next year, the Colorado Business Journal reported. The funding failures began Monday as the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted Senate […]
May 8, 2015
Roadbuilding
Colorado DOT sets strategic blueprint for the next 25 years
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) March 19 officially adopted the 2040 Statewide Transportation Plan (STP)—a plan officials say outlines the department’s “needs and strategic actions” during the next 10 and 25 years. “The 2040 Statewide Transportation Plan serves as an excellent starting point for moving CDOT into the position of becoming the best DOT in […]
March 24, 2015
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