CDOT to begin permanent US 34 repairs on Loveland-Estes Park stretch this summer

Colorado Department of Transportation officials say their plan is to begin permanent repairs of U.S. Highway 34 between Loveland and Estes Park after the Fourth of July holiday.

The stretch of highway was badly damaged during the 2013 floods that ravaged much of the Front Range.

In a press release, CDOT officials said their plan is for traffic impacts from the construction to be minimal through Labor Day so as to have as little impact as possible on the summer tourist season.

Prior to Labor Day, the plan is for one rock blast per day during the work week at the “horseshoe curve”…