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Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT begins using bio-based corrosion inhibitor

The Colorado Department of Transportation has begun employing the use of a Montana company’s bio-based corrosion inhibitor in order to reduce corrosion from salt brines used to de-ice the roads. Renewable chemicals company Rivertop Renewables announced that CDOT has begun using the Headwaters 10F corrosion inhibitor in some locations across the state. Headwaters will be used […]

December 24, 2015

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT puts traction law into effect

The snow is starting to fall in Colorado and the state’s department of transportation is taking measures to keep drivers safe. The Colorado Department of Transportation has put the state’s traction law into effect in order to ensure that drivers have the right amount of grip on the slick winter roads, according to Western Slope […]

December 23, 2015

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

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

Roadbuilding

Board falls off bridge under construction, shatters windshield

A Colorado woman is still trying to calm her nerves after her jeep’s windshield was shattered while driving on Interstate-70. “I’m driving, and the next thing I know there is the most hideous bang,” Ingrid Basler told 7NEWS reporter Jaclyn Allen. “As you can imagine, when you are driving, and at that rate of […]

February 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

CDOT names new executive director

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has named Shailen Bhatt the next executive director for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). He will assume this role in mid-February. Bhatt will replace Don Hunt, who will remain at CDOT through the end of February. Once he officially leaves CDOT, he has plans to return to his project development and advisory firm, The Antero Co. Bhatt most recently […]

January 6, 2015

Roadbuilding

Don Hunt to resign as Chief of Colorado DOT

Don Hunt is resigning as executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). However, he has not given an exact date for his departure in order to give Gov. John Hickenlooper time to choose a new CDOT chief. Hunt has held his current position since January 2011. At that time he told Hickenlooper that he would […]

November 11, 2014