Dear Editor:
CDOT and their contractor, Elam Construction, completed a nice improvement to 3-plus miles of SH13 south of Meeker last fall. Unfortunately, due to expensive roadside barriers and retaining walls, the cost of the project exceeded $3 million a mile. That a simple two-lane rural highway in a lightly populated area could cost that much is mind-boggling. Here are ways the costs could have been reduced.
1. High barriers were built along the shoulders…
I hadn’t noticed that highway 13 was lightly traveled; not to mention the deer and elk. . .