COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — While El Paso County is wrapping up its improvements on South Academy Boulevard between Interstate 25 and Milton E. Proby Parkway, a similar project is intensifying on the city’s side of the corridor between the parkway and Fountain Boulevard.
The city’s project resumed last month after a year-long break to focus on reducing impacts to drivers, neighbors, and business owners.
Crews are making upgrades to driver safety, traffic flow, pedestrian access, and drainage; much of the infrastructure here dates back to the 1960s.
The latest changes came this week, as crews made lane closures to prepare for a traffic configuration change.
That work included removing old lane markings and applying temporary striping.
But what’s really eye-catching are the long trenches the crews are digging in the street, mostly on the east side of Academy…