MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers will be surprised and pleased at seeing a smoother and safer drive on the roughest parts of Serpentine Drive on the west end of town.
The road’s condition was the subject of two reports last month by KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior .
The most noteworthy upgrade is at the hairpin turn in front of the entrance to Rainbow Falls that was full of potholes, and cracked and crumbling pavement; a crew recently repaved that short segment.
El Paso County is responsible for the segment and Roy Chaney, Manitou’s public works director, said previously that the county was working with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to improve the road.
CDOT owns the upper section of Serpentine that was repaved several years ago, and Manitou owns the lower section from Rainbow Falls to Manitou Avenue.
“We approached the county,” Chaney explained. “We were already doing some paving in town, so we just asked our contractor to do it and the county will reimburse us for the $60,000 cost.”