The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be opening more than $660 million in projects for bids by February.
Approximately 40 percent of CDOT’s projects will be in rural areas. The full list of projects will be announced later this year.
CDOT said in May it aims to include a comprehensive and data-driven approached in its planning process and that it will streamline conversations with residents about how transportation affects their lives.
Several projects are underway that were bid out last year. These include safety projects throughout the state, resurfacing segments of I-70 and repairing the I-25 south gap near Colorado Springs.
Many projects are part of CDOT’s Whole System Whole Safety initiative aimed at improving the safety of the state’s transportation network by improving safety conditions and reducing the rate and severity of crashes.
These projects include upgrading traffic signals at CO 8, CO 58 and CO 93 near Golden, adding trucker chain-up areas across Southwest Colorado, and adding cable rail to I-25 at Colorado Highway 14 to prevent crossover accidents. It also includes adding rumble strips to US Highway 36, from Estes to Boulder to help keep drivers on the road and upgrading the US 50-CO 92 intersection near Delta to reduce accidents and improve traffic flow.