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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Interviews discussing CDOT's response to the September 2013 flood that damaged roads and bridges from mountain canyons to the eastern plains. Besides monitoring the damage to roads and bridges CDOT played a role in evacuating 18,000 people. The governor challenged CDOT to get the roads and bridges sufficiently repaired by December 2013 to allow safe travel. CDOT met the challenge and immediately began planning permanently rebuilt roads to handle a...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Colorado Department of Transportation requires revegetation as part of road construction projects. The revegetation of previously disturbed areas from highway construction activities is a critical component to overall site storm water management strategy. Poor revegetation actions during and after construction can lead to difficulty in deactivating storm water construction permits (SCPs). CDOT's specifications for revegetation projects are discussed...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Two employees of the Icelandic Road Administration, Finnbogi and Alfred, spend the summer painting lines on the winding roads that stretch out to the distant horizon. With no one but each other for company, the barren wilderness becomes a place of adventure, disaster and discovery as both men reach difficult crossroads in their lives.
Series
Exploring Route 66 volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Exploring Route 66 : Volume one of Exploring Route 66 begins in New Mexico at the Continental Divide, an historic landmark along the old highway, and travels to the end of the route at Santa Monica, California and the Pacific Ocean. Along the journey, this beautiful film documents the locations and attractions that have made Route 66 a world-famous destination.
Jeeping God's country : A tour of the San Juan Mountains, starting in Silverton, across...