Gov. Bill Ritter today certified the first 18 “shovel-ready” transportation projects that will get about $145 million in federal stimulus funds.
The initial projects, with the amount of federal money they will get, are:
Widening Colorado 9 in Breckenridge — $12 million
Resurfacing Interstate 70, Vail Pass to Silverthorne — $8 million
Resurfacing US 4-0/287 in the Ports to Plains Corridor — $12.5 million
I-70 mountain corridor truck parking — $1.9 million
Improvements to Interstate 25 through Trinidad — $7.8 million
Reconstruction US 287, Campo to Hugo, Ports to Plains Corridor — $16 million
Reconstruction Colorado 92, Austin to Hotchkiss — $11.9 million
Reconstruction Colorado 13 at Rio Blanco Hill in Rio Blanco County — $13 million
Safety improvements I-70/Colorado 82/ US 6 Exit 116 at Glenwood Springs interchange — $2.5 million
Truck parking management on I-70 between DIA and Eagle County Airport — $11 million
Resurfacing Colorado 14 from Hatchery to Cameron Pass — $6.4 million
Reconstruction of I-76 from Sedgwick to the Nebraska state line — $15 million
Resurfacing US 160 Alamosa East — $4.5 million
Resurfacing Colorado 62 at Dallas Divide — $4 million
Resurfacing US 285 in Saguache County — $6.7 million
Resurfacing US 160 Shaw Creek to Del Norte — $2.1 million
Intersection and other improvements to US 160 east of Durango at the Florida River — $4 million
