CDOT Crews Work Hard To Prevent Flooding
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) - The Colorado Department of Transportation is racing to stay ahead of the latest storm.
CDOT crews have spent the past few days clearing debris from storm drains and patching roads and pot holes across the metro area.
One of the big trouble spots is on 6th Avenue in Lakewood. Late Tuesday crews were filling in cracks on the road. Workers say it's tough, time-consuming work, but it's something drivers will be seeing a lot of over the next couple of months.
"Our crews have really been playing catch-up from the last storm," Stacey Stegman with CDOT said. "Just on Hampden alone they've patched in the neighborhood, today, close to 100 potholes."
The goal is to prevent more flooding.
"(We're) just trying to get our roads back to a condition that is drive-able before the rain comes and starts to wash it away again," Stegman said.
Stegman says the road mitigation is just a temporary fix because during spring storms flooding is inevitable.
"Drains become overwhelmed and they're old and we're going to have some flooding," she said.
Thirty crews totaling about 120 people were working through the night and 20 crews were on standby Wednesday morning.
