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CDOT Set to Begin Snow Shift
With a Winter Storm Watch and a Blizzard Watch in effect for much of southeastern Colorado, CDOT Maintenance crews are set to go on snow-shift today. Snow-shift means crews will work 12 hours on/12 hours off, 24 hours a day, until the storm passes, currently scheduled to leave the state by late Wednesday. Travelers planning […]
Southeastern Colorado Road Conditions 12-22-11
CDOT remains on snowshift throughout southeastern Colorado, with remaining on 12-hour shifts during the storm and will remain on snow shift after the storm passes for storm cleanup. All highways in southeastern Colorado remain open. Interstate 25 continues to be snowpacked and icy in many areas between the New Mexico state line and […]
Blizzard Recovery
It didn’t take very long for blizzard-like conditions to affect highway travel in southeast Colorado and Lamar. The weather service made the call late Saturday, early enough to give some folk time to make preparations. Springfield, Colorado reported that by 9:30am Monday, they had a half hour’s head start on the snowfall on Lamar, […]
Area Closings & Blizzard Activates Lamar Emergency Operations Center
Closings and Cancellations for Tuesday, December 20: Highway Conditions: I-25 Southbound Pueblo – NM State Line (Milemarker 94-1) Closed because of severe weather. Lodging / parking unavailable south of Colorado City. NB I-25 open from NM state line. Road closure began December 19th, 2011 at 4:57pm. US 40 Eastbound / Westbound Limon – Kit […]