COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews are three months into a $12.7 million project to eventually close a railroad crossing at the intersection of Las Vegas and Royer streets and replace it with an access road and a new crossing.
KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior first reported on the plan in late August.
Crews are building a new road — to be called Twin Bridges Road — under the MLK Bypass that will connect Las Vegas to the existing traffic signals on Hancock Expressway at their nearest point, believed to be less than 1,000 feet.
The new train crossing will be installed on that road and will accommodate vehicles and pedestrians.
Signals at the Hancock intersection, which is near the Leon Young Service Center for Colorado Springs Utilities, will be upgraded to fit the new traffic configuration.
The Las Vegas/Royer crossing will close after construction of the new road and crossing is finished, and Royer above the crossing will become a cul-de-sac…