Colorado looks to make safety improvements on busy highway [Video]

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — Colorado received more than $47 million from the U.S Department of Transportation for safety improvements along Highway 287 in Larimer and Boulder counties.

The funding is part of a more than $4.2 billion federal grant program.

The federal grant will help the Colorado Department of Transportation construct wildlife crossings and intersection improvements, add passing lanes and centerline rumble strips, widen shoulders, and install median barriers.

“It’s going to be a major project, but it’s a major corridor between Wyoming and Colorado. This stretch becomes a major issue when we have bad weather,” CDOT regional communication manager northeastern Colorado Jared Fiel said. “That becomes an area that gets a lot of closures, and we need to be able to make sure everybody gets safely in and out.”

CDOT began to study …