Interstate 70 will be open Thursday through Glenwood Canyon after crews on Wednesday finished work placing fencing materials earlier than expected.
“Ideal flying conditions and employing a Blackhawk helicopter allowed crews to install 12 steel posts and deliver all fencing materials to the hillside,” said Mike Fowler, project engineer.
Wednesday’s closure of Glenwood Canyon was the last this rockfall mitigation project will require, said Kathleen Wanatowicz, the projectap public information manager. An expected fourth full-day closure anticipated for sometime before September will also not be necessary, said Wanatowicz.
The fences being erected in Glenwood Canyon are cutting-edge rock catchers, able to stop the large boulders that rained down on I-70 in February, causing a full closure for nearly a week, the longest in the history of the interstate through the canyon.
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