Rock scaling and blasting operations, the next stage of the I-70 Floyd Hill Project, will begin next week and motorists can expect traffic delays as long as 45 minutes because of the work.
The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor partner, Kraemer North America, will begin rock scaling operations Monday, according to a CDOT news release. A two-week scaling operation will run ahead of rock blasting activities.
The work will take place in the east section of the project, along eastbound I-70 between the US 6 interchange and Hyland Drive, according to a CDOT news release.
Rock scaling will occur up to four times daily, Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during off-peak travel times, CDOT said. Motorists can expect traffic holds up to 20 minutes long on both directions of I-70, and delays up to 45 minutes as the traffic queues clear. Eastbound I-70 traffic will be stopped at the Hidden Valley/Central City interchange (Exit 243); and westbound I-70 traffic will be stopped near County Road 65 (Exit 248).
When crews move on to rock blasting, those activities will occur once per day and up to two times per week, Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Fridays, from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be an estimated 30 blasts in the east section of the project through early 2024.
No traffic detours will be in place during rock scaling or blasting.
For information on the blasting schedule, call a CDOT hotline at 720-994-2368 and listen to the daily blasting schedule. The public can opt into text alerts by texting floydhill (lowercase, one word) to 21000 or sign up for project emails by visiting CDOT online at codot.gov/projects/i70floydhill.
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