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Rockfall Mitigation Underway On I-70 Mountain Corridor, Drivers Should Expect Delays Tuesday

IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)- The Colorado Department of Transportation is conducting rockfall mitigation work along the I-70 corridor on Tuesday. The work is underway along Interstate 70 between Idaho Springs and Evergreen.

Traffic in both directions will be stopped periodically until 3 p.m. Drivers should expect to be stopped for about 20 minutes at a time.

CDOT said loose rocks on the mountain slopes indicate that the work needs to be completed now and crews need to conduct the mitigation in daylight.

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