All Entries Tagged With: "Highway 287"
Water Lamar Fee Schedule for 2016
Customers of the City of Lamar will soon be paying higher water use fees, as the council approved a new schedule to help offset increased loan costs to pay off past infrastructure improvements and help accrue additional finances for future improvements. The council has deliberated at length this year, including holding several work sessions, to […]
Baca County Resident Dies in Highway 287 Crash
The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a crash, which resulted in a single fatality. The crash occurred Friday, November 6, 2015, on Colorado Highway 287 approximately two miles north of Springfield, Colorado, in Baca County. A Hesston Swather Tractor was traveling northbound on Colorado Highway 287, while a 2007 GMC Yukon Ambulance was also traveling […]
CSP Reports Fatality on Highway 287 South of Lamar
The Colorado State Patrol investigated a two vehicle crash involving one fatal injury which occurred early Tuesday afternoon, August 25, 2015, approximately 12 miles south of Lamar. A 2013 Ford Mustang was traveling southbound on Highway 287 when it went into the northbound lane of traffic and collided with the left saddle tank and […]
Council Approves Water Infrastructure Agreement
Almost 20,000 linear feet of water main which runs north/south along U.S. 287 is owned and maintained by the City of Lamar. That water distribution system will be impacted by CDOT’s highway reconstruction project, set to begin next spring. The City of Lamar is working with CDOT to replace all the affected water infrastructure connections […]
Objects in Motion Tend to Stay in Motion
Isaac Newton couldn’t have been more accurate when he postulated the three theories of motion centuries ago and one of them was evident at the intersection of Main and Olive Streets in Lamar Tuesday afternoon, shortly before 5pm. A northbound semi- truck, hauling several stacks of what appeared to be metal girders, came to an […]
CSP Report on Fatal Collisions on Highway 287
The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a traffic crash involving several vehicles that occurred on Colorado 287 near milepost 69 in Prowers County. The crash resulted in two fatalities and multiple injuries to several parties on Wednesday, June 10, 2015. A 2003 Ford van was traveling northbound on Colorado 287 when it stopped in the […]
TX Residents Injured in Prowers County Crash
The Colorado State Patrol is currently investigating a serious injury traffic crash that occurred on April 17, 2015 at approximately 6:00 AM. The crash occurred on Colorado Highway 287 approximately 9 miles south of Lamar. A 2010 Jeep Rubicon driven by Amanda Medina of Live Oak, Texas was traveling northbound on Colorado 287. […]
Lamar Council Approves Funding for LPD Policy Upgrades
The Lamar Police Department will receive a new policy and procedure manual from the firm, Lexipol. Lamar Police Chief, Kyle Miller, explained the service will also provide local officers with daily scenarios-based training that reinforces agency approved policies and procedures, as well as regular updates for the life of the contract. Chief Miller added, […]
Highway 287 Water Main Repair Project
Water began erupting from Highway 287, almost under the intersection traffic light at Savage and Main Streets last Monday, March 16. Work crews, according to Lamar Public Works Director, Pat Mason, managed to excavate to the five foot long rupture and repair the eight inch water main. It wasn’t an easy task as the main […]
Water Main Break at LCC
Water has been running up, out of the road at the main northern intersection into Lamar Community College. Sometime Monday morning, a break occurred, resulting in water being literally pushed up through the asphalt, just under the traffic lights on the western side of the intersection. Lamar police have blocked off the western lane of […]
Semi Fire Near Gobbler’s Knob Torches Acreage
A semi hauling avocados caught fire 23 miles south of Lamar this past Saturday morning, February 7. The Prowers County Rural Fire Department responded to the scene at 8:30am as the cab was burning and the fire had spread to the refrigerated portion of the semi. Highway 287 was closed to one lane by the […]
Taking a Bead on Speed
A Colorado State Patrol trooper takes aim at vehicles with his radar gun on Highway 287, across from Lamar Middle School on Wednesday afternoon, April 30. Area motorists are familiar with the flashing warning lights posted on opposite sides of the roadway, telling drivers to bring their speed down to 25mph when students are in […]
Spring Winds Leave their Mark
Skies over southeast Colorado have cleared of the choking dust that has been evident for the past several days, but warnings are still posted for high winds and stronger gusts through this Wednesday, April 30. Earlier in the week, limited visibility on Highway 287 north of Springfield caused accidents among five cars when the dust […]
CDOT Eyes Lamar Main Street Improvements
The Lamar Reliever Route and CDOT plans for Lamar’s Main Street were presented to Prowers County Development Incorporated board members by Paul Westhoff, CDOT Resident Engineer this past Tuesday, December 31. Although financing for the by-pass around Lamar is still a future issue at this time, Westhoff said CDOT is still concerned about safety issues […]
Hwy 287 Closed in Campo
The Colorado Department of Transportation has closed Highway 287 northbound, nine miles north of the Oklahoma borderline in Campo, Colorado. A collision between a train and a semi trailer occurred at around 8:30am this Tuesday morning, May 28. There are no reports of injuries at this time, although smoke from the accident was visible from a distance […]
Water Statistics for Lamar
The Lamar City Council enacted Stage 2 water restrictions on May 14. There are several more stages, up to level 6, which can be enacted, depending on the amount of available water for Lamar residents and businesses. If it comes to pass, Stage 3 through 5 maintains the geographic divisions of watering areas […]
Two Car Fatal Crash on High 287 in Baca County
The Colorado State Patrol is currently investigating a two vehicle crash involving one fatality that occurred on Colorado 287, about 13 miles south of Springfield. At approximately 12:30AM on Friday, 03-22-13, a 2004 Dodge Sprinter Van was northbound on Colorado 287 when it collided with a southbound 2005 Freightliner tractor and trailer driven by Rupinder […]
Highway 287 Project Shut Down for Season
News From The Colorado Department of Transportation www.coloradodot.info December 27, 2011 Contact: Bob Wilson, CDOT Public Relations, (303) 757-9431 Highway 287 Project Shut Down for Season CHEYENNE COUNTY – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has suspended the U.S. 287 concrete panel replacement project between Kit Carson and Eads for the winter. “All of the […]
Pilot Cars Set to Direct Traffic through U.S. 40/287 Project
News From The Colorado Department of Transportation www.coloradodot.info August 23, 2011 Contact: Bob Wilson, CDOT Public Relations, (303) 757-9431 Pilot Cars Set to Direct Traffic through U.S. 40/287 Project LINCOLN COUNTY – Pilot car operations are scheduled to begin on the U.S. 40/287 reconstruction project near Hugo right after Labor Day. Beginning on Tuesday, […]
Accident on Highway 287
Colorado State Patrol For Immediate Release The Colorado State Patrol is investigating an accident involving a tractor-trailer and a Hyundai Elantra which resulted in property damage in Prowers County on July 19th. The tractor-trailer and the Hyundai were southbound on Colorado 287. The Hyundai slowed down to make a left turn at Prowers County Road F. […]