Highway Maintenance Alert CDOT continues flood clean-up on multiple southwest highways

Plan for delays on CO 145 and US 550
CDOT Photo/ On July 29, severe flooding from monsoon storms impacted Cutler Creek with burn scar debris, approximately four miles north of Ouray.
CDOT Photo/ On July 29, severe flooding from monsoon storms impacted Cutler Creek with burn scar debris, approximately four miles north of Ouray.

Three weeks after severe flooding events, the Colorado Department of Transportation continues maintenance operations to remove debris and clean drainages at several slide paths and creek crossings. Motorists will encounter delays and alternating traffic while crews repair and clean highway shoulders, drainages and culverts.

As monsoon weather patterns remain in the forecast, CDOT crews are prepared…