Glenwood Canyon commutes could gain some speed later this year when the state will raise the speed limit on Interstate 70.
“We expect to see those changes in the speed limits, in accordance with weather conditions and things like that, by the end of this year,” said Colorado Department of Transportation spokesperson Stacia Sellers.
Thanks to a variable speed limit system that CDOT crews are installing, the speed limit will increase from 50 to 60 miles per hour for most parts of the 14-mile canyon in good weather.
Speed limits will also drop to as low as needed when the road conditions worsen or construction or emergency closures occur.
The new system is the first of its kind in Colorado, Sellers said. Along with more than a dozen new signs, CDOT is also installing three weather-monitoring stations and nine closed-circuit cameras.
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