The Colorado Department of Transportation has kicked off a project to install 66 new cameras across the state, replacing some of the cameras it removed in rural mountain communities last summer.
The cameras will be put up over the next two years and will go live by fall 2027, according to a news release. The transportation department said the new camera infrastructure is part of a transition to a “state-owned, state-managed network designed for long-term reliability, cost savings and operational control.”
The current plans call for five new cameras on U.S. Highway 6 at Loveland Pass, one at U.S. Highway 9 and Heeney Road north of Silverthorne, one on Highway 9 in Blue River, five on U.S. Highway 40 at Berthoud Pass and three along Highway 40 at Rabbit Ears Pass…