AURORA | The Colorado Department of Transportation is advising drivers avoid Interstate 225 all day Friday as road crews conduct emergency road repairs. Officials are unsure when traffic conditions will return to normal.
CDOT officials last night expected to divert southbound traffic on the road to accommodate construction projects for light rail and road widening, however crews found unexpected problems with the diversion.
“There is some loose pavement where southbound I-225 transitions from asphalt to concrete,” CDOT Project Engineer Josh Barrett said in a statement. “Since the road damage is directly in the wheel path of the left lane, we must get the pavement repaired immediately for the safety of the traveling public. While this work is underway, we strongly encourage motorists to avoid I-225 and seek alternate routes.”
There is no timetable for all southbound and northbound lanes to reopen. CDOT officials have said that southbound lanes would be redirected for nine months starting Thursday to accommodate for construction.
It sure would be nice if some specifics were included, such as which exits bracketed the work and the new lanes. All of I-225 is not affected.
I see road delays on I225 every day and believe there is no need to know when traffic will return to normal, because even with the construction that is normal traffic on I225.
Going North on I-225 this past Friday at 8AM, the traffic Southbound was bumper to bumper and crawling from I-70 to Parker Rd, that’s about 5 miles I believe.
You have crashes on every major highway every day…nothing but fools driving.