What is it w/CO DOT?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What is it w/CO DOT?

Posted: 12/23/2020 7:45:41 AM EDT

What is with the CO DOT and its lane closure on I-25 between CO Springs and Pueblo? It took over an hour to creep through that logjam. It was on both directions too.

Posted: 12/23/2020 9:31:33 AM EDT

[#1]

My theory is that the cone guys (the contractors who close off lanes) get paid by the cone. so for miles and miles they cone up for one dude in a pickup on 10 feet off the road.

everybody needs their kickbacks. It's a big club and we ain't in it.

Posted: 12/23/2020 9:43:05 AM EDT

[#2]

They’ve been working that median for a long time but I see no indication of what they’re doing or why it’s taking so damn long.

First post just may have nailed it.

Posted: 12/23/2020 9:43:00 PM EDT

[#3]

I was stuck in it from 11:00 thru 12:20. I saw 2 guys sitting on the back of a truck. It was the cause of the north side of the 6 mile back up! The south side was 5 guys looking at a guard rail but only 2 miles, most drivers flipped them off by that time.

Posted: 12/23/2020 11:06:54 PM EDT

[#4]

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I was stuck in it from 11:00 thru 12:20. I saw 2 guys sitting on the back of a truck. It was the cause of the north side of the 6 mile back up! The south side was 5 guys looking at a guard rail but only 2 miles, most drivers flipped them off by that time.

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They deserved it. Disrupted traffic for what purpose?

Anybody know what time they start and finish?

Posted: 12/24/2020 3:15:11 AM EDT

[#5]

They were not working this morning. North bound cones were all picked up. No equipment any where to be seen if that helps.

Posted: 12/25/2020 11:10:37 AM EDT

[#6]

At least there aren't squeegee men.

Posted: 12/25/2020 11:37:48 AM EDT

[#7]

Anybody have any idea how long we're supposed to endure their azzhattery?

Posted: 12/25/2020 2:41:30 PM EDT

[#8]

2 weeks

Posted: 12/27/2020 9:18:03 PM EDT

[#9]

I always point out to my kids as we approach construction work like that, "Watch- How many workers will be standing around doing nothing?" And sure enough, you'll have one or two actually doing something and a circle of 10 drinking coffee and shooting the breeze. And then I explain to them that we are paying them with our taxes. For us, its the endless work on the 470.

Posted: 12/31/2020 3:36:38 PM EDT

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2 weeks

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So one more week (effective tomorrow)? I'm not going north until that sh*t is over.

Posted: 12/31/2020 7:37:53 PM EDT

[#11]

A little behind schedule!

Cost: $2.2 Million
Contractor: Tricon 2, LLC
Timeline: June - mid-November, 2020
Location: I-25 Southbound from MP 122 at Pikes Peak International Speedway to MP 113 five miles south of Wigwam

Posted: 1/1/2021 10:46:18 AM EDT

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So one more week (effective tomorrow)? I'm not going north until that sh*t is over.

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sorry, was trying to be ironic and use the 2 weeks response that the government uses to everything which then becomes forever.
i have no idea, but forever is probably more appropriate.

they usually only work at nights sun night thru thursday night.

Posted: 1/11/2021 11:13:17 AM EDT

[#13]

Is the road cleared yet? I'm thinking of shopping in Springs today?

Posted: 1/11/2021 10:21:42 PM EDT

[#14]

OK, went up anyway. Smooth from Pueblo (exit 102) up to Woodsman (150) and back.

No road work.

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