News

Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 1:09pm
Colorado Springs residents are invited to provide input now through Aug. 8 on draft scenarios and priorities to improve the city’s transportation plan as part of ConnectCOS, a citywide visionary transportation study.
Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 9:23am
The public is invited to participate in an in-person public information open house, Thursday, July 22 to learn about reconstruction of South Academy Boulevard between Bijou Street and Airport Road scheduled to begin later this year. Attendees may learn about the project, anticipated construction... Read more
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 7:00am
2C paving has improved the condition of roads citywide, paving nearly 1,066 lane miles of roadway. But because of our freeze-thaw climate, potholes will continue to be a reality in our city. Here is how our Public Works Department is addressing the challenge.
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - 3:35pm
Do you own or plan to buy or develop property near Shooks Run Creek in Colorado Springs or Fountain Creek in Fountain? Assistance is now available for brownfield revitalization in these areas through the Brownfield Assessment Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Friday, June 4, 2021 - 4:22pm
Residents are invited to participate in a virtual public meeting Wednesday, June 9 to learn about the Platte Avenue Corridor Study and identify multi-modal transportation solutions along this six-mile corridor between I-25 and North Powers Boulevard.
Thursday, June 3, 2021 - 1:45pm
The start of 2021 paving operations funded by ballot issue 2C was underway Thursday, June 3 with resurfacing on New Car Drive in northeast Colorado Springs. An estimated 182.65 lane miles citywide are scheduled to be repaved by 2C this year.
Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 9:45am
Beginning Thursday, May 27 through late August, the intersection of Constitution Avenue and Paseo Road will close to all traffic to facilitate bridge maintenance work and improvements to a section of the Rock Island Trail. Detours will be in place and travelers are encouraged to avoid the area.
Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 1:20pm
Beginning Thursday, April 29, there will be a full closure on Airport Road directly in front of Fire Station #8, between Lakewood Circle and Audubon Drive for sanitary sewer work. Motorists will be detoured at Fountain Boulevard or Pikes Peak Avenue for east / west access. The road closure will be... Read more
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - 1:15pm
Girders will be installed to the south side of the Platte Avenue Bridge over Sand Creek, March 24 – 26, as part of a bridge replacement project. To lessen traffic impacts, the installation is scheduled to happen overnight, with traffic being detoured each night of the installation, 8 p.m. through... Read more
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 10:07am
The City of Colorado Springs will start construction this summer to extend Centennial Boulevard from Fillmore Street to the I-25/Fontanero Street interchange. Join us Weds, March 10 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. for a virtual public meeting to learn more about the project.
Friday, February 19, 2021 - 9:27am
City staff from several departments are collaborating to restore an area along Spring Creek in the southeastern part of the City. Work on the approximately 19 acres of city-owned property aims to restore the area to a more natural setting through trash cleanup efforts and the removal of a... Read more
Friday, January 8, 2021 - 11:00am
The City is pleased to announce completion of the bridge replacement on S. Cascade Avenue over Cheyenne Run Creek, which is the final in a series of transportation improvement projects that began in 2019 in the South Nevada Urban Renewal and Ivywild areas.