Motorists should expect up to 40 minutes of additional travel time on U.S. Highway 550 between Durango and Silverton on Monday and Tuesday as the Colorado Department of Transportation performs chip-seal operations.
CDOT said in a news release motorists will encounter two work zones that will require full stops and up to 15-minute delays between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.
The transportation department is performing surface treatments along a 6-mile segment of U.S. 550 between mile points 49 to 55 north of Purgatory Ski Area. A pilot vehicle will signal when motorists entering onto U.S. 550 from driveways and access roads can proceed, CDOT said.
CDOT is also planning to perform rockfall mitigation and retaining wall replacement one mile north on Coal Bank Pass between mile points 56 and 60 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays with additional work on Saturdays through October.
“Motorists should plan for full stops, single-lane traffic guided by a temporary traffic signal and additional delays of up to 20 minutes,” CDOT said. “Traffic impacts for this project will continue until the anticipated project completion in late October.”
Two sets of traffic signals will be present to direct motorists into single lane alternating traffic 24/7 until the project is completed.
CDOT said motorists should expect intermittent delays up to 20 minutes long at mile point 59.3, Deer Creek. Flaggers will guide traffic during daylight work hours.
cburney@durangoherald.com
