Road work and conditions - The Durango Herald

New road is a glitch in Bayfield’s school plans

Development of 40 acres south of Bayfield Middle School has been stymied for years by lack of a U.S. Highway 160 access at the east edge of town to reduce traffic impacts on the Commerce Dri...

DATE: Mar 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Blasting begins on rocks at Bondad Hill

Drivers should expect 20-minute delays

DATE: Mar 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mystery gas line, winter’s onset lead to rout of route

I just came down 14th Street from East Third Avenue and recalled the city doing street work there some months back. The south side of the street is smoothly paved, but the north side of the ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Stoplight at JBo’s isn’t music to motorists’ ears

Going to work every morning, I drive down North College Drive and have to stop at the light on Florida Road across from JBo’s for a left turn. That light takes 45 minutes to change. OK, mayb...

DATE: Feb 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Northbound lane at Highway 550-Bondad Hill closed until Tuesday

One of two northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 500 near Bondad Hill will be closed until Tuesday because of a rockslide Sunday morning, a Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman said....

DATE: Feb 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

No new snow expected for Durango during Snowdown

Nine hours of avalanche work closed Red Mountain Pass Monday; open now

DATE: Jan 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

What’s to come in 2016?

A roundup of La Plata County issues and people to pay attention to this year

DATE: Jan 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado still not sure whether legal marijuana made roads less safe

Three years after Colorado voted to legalize recreational marijuana, little is known about whether the state’s roads are less safe – and law enforcement efforts remain largely focused on alc...

DATE: Dec 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News