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CDOT lays out Montezuma County priorities: intersection upgrades, wildlife underpass and culvert work
Summary
Tim Funk, planner for Southwest Colorado at the Colorado Department of Transportation, presented long‑range and 10‑year projects for Montezuma County, identifying several unfunded corridor projects — including a $20 million intersection redesign at US 160 and SH 491 and a $30 million package for passing lanes on SH 491 — alongside strategic projects programmed for fiscal year 2031.
Tim Funk, planner for Southwest Colorado at the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), told the Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 31 that CDOT’s work this year focuses on projects identified specifically for Montezuma County in the agency’s 2050 long-range plan and the region’s 10-year program.
The presentation identified several large, currently unfunded long-range projects: a new signalized intersection at U.S. 160 and State Highway 491 on the west end of Cortez (estimated about $20 million); sidewalk extensions on the east side of Mancos (about $3 million); intersection improvements at SH 491 and Mike Wash Road (about $3 million); a multi‑mile set of passing lanes or slow‑vehicle pullouts on SH 491 from the state line to US 160 (about $30 million); and a possible bus round‑trip service between Durango and Dove Creek (about $4 million). Funk emphasized that placement on the long‑range list does not mean immediate funding: "the long range plan is kind of a wish…
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