Feds to send quick $12M for I-70 fixes in Glenwood Canyon

The Federal Highway Administration volition rapidly nonstop the authorities $11.6 cardinal successful exigency wealth arsenic crews rush to reopen Interstate 70 successful Glenwood Canyon.

The announcement Tuesday was a time aft Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Transportation requested $116 million for repairs, cleanup, detours and different enactment connected the east-west thoroughfare. Polis and CDOT asked that 10%, $11.6 million, beryllium expedited for contiguous work.

“We are thrilled to person specified adjacent coordination with our national partners to guarantee national resources are rapidly connected their mode to Colorado,” Polis said Tuesday.

I-70 done Glenwood Canyon has been closed indefinitely since a large overnight rainfall connected July 31.

In a quality release, CDOT Director Shoshana Lew said Tuesday that CDOT’s attraction teams “have made large progress” and engineers person “made akin strides successful processing a program to reopen I-70.”