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COLUMN | Beware The Gap: The drive to Denver has never been more enraging, risky or tedious | David Ramsey
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You know the feeling. You search for courage, wisdom and patience as the immense task approaches. Your heart races. Your mouth goes dry. Are you worthy to face the challenge? Yes, you are preparing to face the perils of “The Gap” and the drive from Colorado Springs to Denver. The ride to Denver never has…
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Interstate 25 ‘Gap’ to be among Colorado’s 1st highways that can ‘listen’ and ‘talk’ to drivers
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Drivers traveling through what’s known as the “Gap” on Interstate 25 from Monument to Castle Rock might have more than an extra lane in each direction to ease their trip by 2021. Those who have specially equipped vehicles could also get dashboard alerts about poor road conditions, crashes ahead and other traffic hazards. The roughly…
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Monument meeting provides talk on funding for ‘the gap’
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Dozens of people met Saturday at Lewis-Palmer High School in Monument to tell the Tri-Lakers on how its going with Interstate 25’s lane expansion called simple “the gap.” Their trips north and back is a visible reminder of Colorado’s traffic problems, a double whammy of growth and neglect. The legislature hasn’t put much money into…
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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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Colorado voters set to decide school board and city council races, contentious ballot measures
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Voters across Colorado finish casting ballots at 7 p.m. tonight, deciding city council and school board races as well as local ballot issues ranging from funding for affordable housing and limits on oil and gas drilling to road improvements and municipal high-speed internet. For the first time in eight years, though, there isn’t a statewide…
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Governor asks CDOT to establish ‘high priority’ project list to submit to feds
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Colorado could get some help from the federal government to speed up highway construction projects, including the nettlesome bottleneck on Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Monument, but transportation officials caution against expecting the pedal to hit the metal on the projects. Gov. John Hickenlooper this week told the Colorado Department of Transportation to come…
