Concrete barriers, guardrails coming to Crow Hill, Bailey

CDOT will make changes on U.S. 285 to help stop accidents, speeding

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Improvements will be made to U.S.

285 on Crow Hill and in Bailey this summer to help prevent tra c accidents and curtail excessive speed. e Colorado Department of Transportation will advertise in April for contractors to do the $2 million project, with work expected to take place between June and September, according to Shane Ferguson, CDOT’s Region 2 transportation director. Included are concrete barri- ers in the median, bumble strips on the southbound side of the highway, a guardrail on the northbound side and other improvements.

State Rep. Julie McCluskie, state Sen. Mark Baisley and Park County commissioners along with CDOT representatives met with Bailey residents in early February to assure them that changes were coming after the many accidents along that