CDOT plans projects for 2027, future

The Colorado Department of Transportation has no major construction planned next year in Ouray County, but more projects are in store for the future. CDOT staff presented a roundup of current and future road projects during an annual update with Ouray County commissioners Oct. 28. Pedestrian improvements to U.S. Highway 550 in Ouray, which began in September, should finish by the end of the year, said Annie Altwarg, multimodal and transit liaison for CDOT Region 5. The $1.25 million project funded by CDOT’s Revitalizing Main Streets grant program includes a new sidewalk from the Ouray Visitor Center to Fellin Park, flashing pedestrian crossings at the visitor center and at the hairpin parking lot at County Road 361, as well as access improvements to that parking lot. CDOT’s Division of Maintenance and Operations plans chipseal maintenance next year on U.S. Highway 550 over a four-mile stretch south of Ouray.

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