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CONSTRUCTION NOTICE: THIS WEEK!
Kiewit Western Co. is widening the Austin Bluffs/Nevada Avenue intersection for the City of Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority. For updated information, call the project hotline at (719) 531-0492 or visit www.austin-nevada.com. Information is also posted on the City of Colorado Springs Web site,www.springsgov.com, under Transportation Education.

There will be some major construction going on this week and weekend. Here's an excerpt from their website:

On Thursday, Nov. 9 and Friday, Nov. 10, crews will remove the old asphalt roadway on Austin Bluffs Parkway between Nevada Avenue and Stanton Road. Lane closures will be in effect from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day during these operations.

ONE WAY TRAFFIC THIS WEEKEND
Weekend road closures will be in effect from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day while the project repaves the parkway. On Saturday, Nov. 11, eastbound Austin Bluffs Parkway will be closed and on Sunday, Nov. 12,westbound Austin Bluffs Parkway will be closed. Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction through the work zone (traveling head to head in the open direction). Drivers should anticipate some travel delays during weekend construction.

During the week of Nov. 13, Garden of the Gods Road will be milled and repaved. The project remains on schedule for completion by the end of 2006.

Motorists can expect the following traffic impacts for the remainder of November:
• The speed limit through the work zone has been reduced to 35 miles per hour.
• The free right turns from Nevada Avenue to east/westbound Austin Bluffs Parkway and Garden of the Gods will be closed. Motorists can still turn right at the signalized intersection.

We thank you for your patience through this process. All of us have been inconvenienced in some way or another, but remember that this too shall pass!