SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO — The Colorado Department of Transportation and area community leaders will celebrate three surface treatment projects that were recently completed in the San Luis Valley.

 EVENT:

San Luis Valley Project Celebration 

DATE:

Wednesday, October 30

TIME:

1 p.m.

QUESTIONS:

U.S. Highway 285, pullout located on west side of highway about 10 miles south of Alamosa.

Contact [email protected], 970-749-2015. 

The three projects being celebrated include resurfacing treatments on three highways throughout the valley: 

w CO 112 — Resurfacing overlay along 14 miles from the junction of U.S. Highway 285, continuing through the town of Center, to the junction of CO 17. The project also included new ramp and sidewalk improvements in the town of Center.

w CO 159 — Resurfacing along 15 miles from Fort Garland to San Luis.

w U.S. 285 — Chip seal treatment on 20 miles of highway from Antonito to Estrella.

w The three projects amount to more than $11 million of assets and safety improvements in five counties across the San Luis Valley.

WHOLE SYSTEM. WHOLE SAFETY

Earlier this year CDOT announced its Whole System — Whole Safety initiative to heighten safety awareness. This initiative takes a systematic, statewide approach to safety combining the benefits of CDOT’s programs that address driving behaviors, our built environment and the organization’s operations. The goal is to improve the safety of Colorado’s transportation network by reducing the rate and severity of crashes and improving the safety of all transportation modes. The program has one simple mission — to get everyone home safely.

ABOUT CDOT

CDOT has approximately 3,000 employees located throughout Colorado, and manages more than 23,000 lane miles of highway and 3,429 bridges. CDOT also manages grant partnerships with a range of other agencies, including metropolitan planning organizations, local governments and airports. It also administers Bustang, the state-owned and operated inter-regional express service. Governor Jared Polis has charged CDOT to further build on the state’s inter-modal mobility options.

The media advisory was courtesy of Lisa Schwantes, Region 5 Communications Manager.