I-25 improvements remain on track despite COVID-19, supply-chain crunch

LOVELAND — The Colorado Department of Transportation is on pace to complete a series of expansion and improvement projects along a stretch of Interstate 25 in Northern Colorado on time despite challenges posed by COVID-19 and the global supply-chain snags created by the pandemic. 

The projects — most of which center on adding a lane and replacing bridges between Mead and Fort Collins — are expected to wrap up by the first half of 2024, CDOT project director Chris Boespflug said Monday during a tour of roadway construction zones. 

Because construction crews work outside, the pandemic didn’t result in many prolonged stoppages.…