Construction crews will soon be back from a winter shutdown to resume work on Colorado Highway 13. The Garco Rio Blanco Hill project is located 11 miles northwest of Rifle and will create safety improvements for the busy stretch of highway. The start date for work in April is weather-dependent.[Read More…]
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Hwy 13 construction to continue through Nov. 2023
A planned winter shutdown is now in place for the widening project on Colorado Highway 13 located 11 miles northwest of Rifle. The planned winter shutdown is necessary to keep the traveling public and crews safe during winter weather conditions. All lanes of CO 13 will be open with all[Read More…]
HWY 13 ROAD WORK
Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor IHC Scott are widening 3.5 miles of Highway 13 between mile markers 12 and 16 to create passing lanes, pullouts and a new chain up area. Work is scheduled to wrap up in November of 2023. The first of two project phases is focused[Read More…]
BUILD A BRIDGE …
Concrete bridge girders stationed along Highway 64 on Tuesday. County road and bridge crews began installation of new girders early Wednesday morning as part of the ongoing replacement of the CR73 bridge crossing the White River. | LUCAS TURNER PHOTO
Growing…
Pioneers Medical Center continues work on its expansion. The plan is to add two additional operating rooms, three additional post-recovery rooms and six additional inpatient hospital rooms as well as the creation of orthopedic and specialist clinic space.
Hwy. 13 project wraps up for winter
RBC | The Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) project to reconstruct and improve safety on CO 13 north and south of Rio Blanco County Road 5 is suspended for the winter. CDOT contractor, Scott Contracting, Inc., will resume work on or around April 1, 2020, as weather permits. The purpose[Read More…]
Highway 13 construction update
RBC | Work on Hwy. 13 continues in two work zones, north and south of Rio Blanco County Road 5. One difference in this week’s schedule is a noon completion of work on Friday, prior to the Labor Day weekend. Work resumes Tuesday morning. As has been the case, the[Read More…]
MHS traffic plan …
Traffic around Meeker High School will move in a clockwise one-way direction. Traffic on Bob Tucker Drive and School Street remains two-way. The main entrance to the school is the north entrance. Students can park in one of three parking lots. Staff has designated parking on the west side of[Read More…]
Highway 13 construction update
MEEKER | For the week of Aug. 12, work on Highway 13 continues with two work zones, north and south of Rio Blanco CR 5. Motorists will encounter continued single-lane, alternating travel with a pilot car from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and a 12-foot width restriction, from 6 a.m[Read More…]
Fears over Hwy. 13 closure unfounded
RBC | Fears that State Highway 13 might be closed two hours per day during this summer’s road construction project are unfounded, according to Clint Moyer, Region 3 resident engineer for the Colorado Department of Transportation. Concerns shared with the Herald Times and other area residents last Wednesday via email[Read More…]
Guest column: Plan ahead for high school building work
MEEKER | In the coming days there will be a number of changes to Meeker High School and an increase in moving and construction activities associated with our building project. While the following lists are intended to share the majority of these changes that impact students, staff and community members,[Read More…]
Hwy 13 chip sealing underway through July
RBC | The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and contractor United Companies began a fog and chip seal project on Colorado Highway 13, from mile point (MP) 20-MP 37, between Rifle and Meeker. The project started Monday, June 11, and has an anticipated completion date the end of July 2018. This[Read More…]
