Photo from Colorado Department of Transportation
The Colorado Department of Transportation will begin construction to replace an emergency-access underpass near the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels next week, a project that is expected to run throughout the summer and fall and into next year.
In March 2020, CDOT began designs for the replacement of a structure known as “The Box,” located about 2 1/2 miles west of the tunnels, which serves as an underground access point for ambulances, law enforcement, tow companies and other emergency services. The existing roadway, a single-lane concrete box culvert, was built in the late 1960s during the original construction of Interstate 70 but is now considered “structurally deficient” and functionally obsolete, according to CDOT.
Summit County judge declares mistrial in criminal avalanche case
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Judge declares mistrial in criminal avalanche case
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Summit County Judge Edward Casias ruled that employees of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center would be required to testify in the trial of Evan Hannibal and Tyler DeWitt next week, dismissing a motion from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to quash their subpoenas and keep them off the witness stand.
On March 25, DeWitt of Lakewood and Hannibal of Vail were snowboarding above the Loop Road at the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels when they triggered an avalanche. Nobody was injured in the slide, but it covered more than 400 feet of the active roadway below in debris up to 20 feet deep and damaged a remote avalanche-control unit.