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Express yourself: All lanes on I-25 South ‘Gap’ now open
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Drivers along the 18-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between Monument and Castle Rock can get to their destinations quicker now that state transportation officials have opened new express lanes in each direction of the highway. The express lanes opened around midnight Friday morning for testing, about three weeks after state and local leaders celebrated the…
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Express lanes on I-25 South ‘Gap’ ready to open
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Drivers along the 18-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between Monument and Castle Rock can get to their destinations quicker beginning Friday morning, when state transportation officials open new express lanes in each direction of the highway. The express lanes will open at 8 a.m. Friday for testing, about three weeks after state and local leaders…
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Capitol M: A story from the Gap – mine
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More than 85,000 vehicles per day travel through the 18-mile stretch of I-25 between Castle Rock and Monument known as the Gap. The section of highway has been a nightmare for travelers going back many years. It’s been most notable, however, during the past three years as the Colorado Department of Transportation and its construction…
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I-25 widening project, I-70 shoulder lane win federal funding
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An effort to widen a key stretch of Interstate 25 from Castle Rock to Monument south of Denver has received a $65 million boost that state and local officials have said is a key piece of funding for the project. And the Colorado Department of Transportation also is getting $25 million from the feds to…
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Coming to a freeway near you, maybe: Barack Obama Highway
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Colorado House Democrats this week are trying to get permission from the General Assembly to rename the portion of Interstate 25 that goes through Denver the “Barack Obama Highway.” They’re hoping the renaming follows in the footsteps of what lawmakers have done in the past for Republican presidents: renaming the portion of I-25 through El…
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Call in Wednesday to ask questions, learn more about CDOT plan to the I-25 ‘Gap’ with toll lanes
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El Paso County residents can call in to a telephone town hall Wednesday night to ask about the widening of the Interstate 25 “Gap,” the Colorado Department of Transportation said. To hear an update on the project – which would widen the 18-mile stretch from Monument to Castle Rock from two to three lanes in…
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In ‘State of the Fifth’ address, Lamborn focuses on defense
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn on Tuesday hailed a $700 million defense budget, passed in December, as one of the biggest recent legislative victories for the Pikes Peak Region. The National Defense Authorization Act gives military personnel a 2.4 percent pay raise – the largest in eight years – and $90.5 million for local military construction,…
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Egan: Interstate 70 project is central to our economy
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A major step forward for transportation occurred earlier this year with the approval of the Interstate 70 “Central 70” project by the federal government. This project involves the reconstruction of a 10-mile stretch between I-25 and Chambers Road and the replacement of a 50-year-old viaduct on I-70. With the approval, the Colorado Department of Transportation…
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Monument Republican Paul Lundeen announces run for term-limited Kent Lambert’s Senate District 9 seat
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State Rep. Paul Lundeen, a Monument Republican and former chairman of the State Board of Education, declared Wednesday he’s running for the Senate District 9 seat held by state Sen. Kent Lambert with the term-limited GOP incumbent’s endorsement. “We have achieved success in the House rolling back federal intrusion into our local public schools,” Lundeen…
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DU, Colorado light rail stations seen as mobility hubs
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After nearly a decade, Denver Regional Transportation District’s University of Denver and Colorado light rail stations need to become more visible gateways to surrounding communities, rather than the “back doors” they now represent to their neighborhoods, according to a study of the two stations and their mobility possibilities. “It is time these stations transition from…
