COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — This busy street on the city’s southwest side is about to become even more challenging for drivers to navigate.
Beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, lane closures and turn restrictions will be in place on 8th Street, between Motor City Drive and Abbot Lane, so that crews can replace an underground water main as part of the ongoing improvements project in that area.
Officials said that the changes will last for approximately 12 weeks.
Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction along that stretch, and left turns won’t be allowed.
The center lanes will be closed around the 8th Street/Motor City Drive intersection, with the closures shifting to the east side of 8th Street northbound to the Abbot Lane intersection…