COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Snow accumulation and sub-zero temperatures on Monday morning led officials to postpone one of two planned road closures related to construction projects.
The closures were officially to start at 6 a.m. on a three-mile stretch of Las Vegas Street between Janitell Road and Highway 85/87, and on the eastbound on-ramp to Milton E. Proby Parkway above Academy Boulevard.
While the Las Vegas closure began as scheduled, officials decided to postpone the parkway closure for a day because of the weather.
Closures on Las Vegas are nothing new; they’ve occurred intermittently as part of the two-year, $40 million project to replace four aging bridges above the street, on Circle Drive.
That project essentially ended late last year, but crews are preparing for the final step of tearing down the eastbound bridge over railroad tracks…