A portion of recently opened express lanes in Northern Colorado will be closed until 2028. The Colorado Department of Transportation says the closure is necessary in order to safely continue their construction project linking Northern Colorado and the Denver metro area.
Starting Friday night, CDOT will close the southbound express lane from CO 60 to CO 56 near Berthoud. That stretch was opened earlier this year to commuters after years of construction.
Though more than 18 miles of express lanes in both directions will remain open between Johnstown and Fort Collins, around two miles will be closed until the project is completed around 2028.
“(The express lanes) are pretty convenient,” said Renee Cobb, a Pierce resident who uses the roadways for work. “I go straight from Denver to Fort Collins and it is pretty easy to get on and off that way.”
Cobb said she wasn’t aware of CDOT’s plans to close a portion of the southbound express lane later this week. She said that left her wondering why the lane was ever opened that far south if CDOT knew they would need to make this decision.