The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has reported to the Fremont County Commissioners that the last project as part of the Colorado Highway 115 safety improvement program is underway six miles north of Penrose. The Salt Creek-North project will add climbing and passing lanes over a two mile distance between mileposts 24 and 26, about a mile south of the Fremont-El Paso County line. CDOT expects construction on the $3 million project to be completed by this fall. The project is the last in a series of safety improvements on Highway 115.
Drivers can expect intermittent delays of five to fifteen minutes during the construction period. Tezak Heavy Equipment of Canon City is the contractor on the safety improvement project.
Eleven safety improvement projects were identified by CDOT on Highway 115 in a 1999 safety study. The improvements took six years to complete. CDOT says additional projects will be made in the future on Highway 115 as funding becomes available.