Last Fall I received an email from Peggy, a constituent in Pueblo, asking that the State do something about the terrible road conditions on Interstate 25 through town.  I personally contacted CDOT asking them to see what they could do.  The regional director for CDOT then called Peggy back and made a commitment to see what he could do to move the next re-paving date for I-25 through Pueblo up from the scheduled date of 2012.

Not long ago the CDOT regional director personally called up Peggy a second time and told her that they had found the money to re-pave I-25 through Pueblo immediately.  You may have already noticed the work being conducted.

The paving project on I 25 is taking place between Stem Beach to Highway 50, and work will be taking place at night to minimize any delays on the road.  Work will be halted twice – for the Little Britches Rodeo and the State Fair – to avoid traffic congestion.

Northbound and/or southbound I-25 will be reduced to a single lane at various locations during the following hours:

• South of Indiana Avenue: Sunday through Thursday, 6 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.; Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (daytime work planned during latter stage of project)

• North of Indiana Avenue: Sundays, 10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.; Monday through Thursday, 9 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.

The speed limit will be reduced to 45 mph and vehicles wider than 12 feet will be prohibited from traveling through the work zone during project hours

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