FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Signs marking the decrease of traffic speed to a maximum of 45 mph are in place along part of Mesa Ridge Parkway on the north side of town, as the change becomes official on Monday.
The reduced speed will cover three miles of the busy parkway (State Highway 16) between Interstate 25 and Powers Boulevard.
CDOT (the Colorado Department of Transportation) announced the lowered speed limit last month.
Drivers will travel even slower when classes resume at Mesa Ridge High School next week, at the intersection of Mesa Ridge and Syracuse Street.
CDOT will establish a school zone there that will decrease the speed limit to 35 mph during school hours…