road work

The Summer road work season may officially be upon us.

My parents live Southeast of Denver; and if I'm ever late for a visit with them (or just don't want to deal with traffic) I pony up a few bucks and take the E-470 tollway to get to their house.  To me, it's well worth the cost of tolls not to sit in Denver traffic, at least every once in awhile (if it was part of my daily commute, I'm sure I'd feel differently).  So, hypothetically, would I use a tollway to get to my favorite vacation area of the mountains, and completely bypass stressful (and dangerous) mountain traffic?  Absolutely.

With Highway 14 closing down for the next month to have a bridge replaced, it got us thinking: which other bridges on our neck of the woods need some work? Turns out, quite a few...

Anyone who uses Highway 14 (AKA East Mulberry Street) between Fort Collins and Ault is going to have a detour to deal with...for the next 28 days.

My commute between home and the gym only takes a few minutes, but it can still get frustrating. Specifically, I can't stand how Harmony Road shrinks from six lanes down to four right at that railroad crossing, west of Timberline Road. That area is a madhouse, especially during rush hour. So I'm relieved that road work this summer will finally fix this problem, but I'm not thrilled about Harmony being closed for the better part of a week!

If you have been on the south side of Fort Collins as of late, I am sure that you have seen the orange cones on Harmony and it has progressively gotten worse. Its is going to keep getting worse before it gets better. Its cliche to say that but it is true. The goals of this construction is to: