{"id":24866,"date":"2019-06-05T12:24:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T18:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=366891"},"modified":"2019-06-05T12:24:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T18:24:52","slug":"colorado-wont-blow-up-massive-boulder-that-destroyed-highway-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/colorado-wont-blow-up-massive-boulder-that-destroyed-highway-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado won\u2019t blow up massive boulder that destroyed highway. Here\u2019s why."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-05-at-9.45.11-AM-1024x570-1024x570.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-05-at-9.45.11-AM-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-05-at-9.45.11-AM-1024x570-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-05-at-9.45.11-AM-1024x570-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>The proposed name for the new monument is \u201cMemorial Rock.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy CDOT<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Move over Castle Rock, there\u2019s a new \u201cgeographical masterpiece\u201d for Colorado commuters and tourists to marvel.<\/p>\n<p>Meet Memorial Rock.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday that his administration has opted not to destroy an 8.5 million pound boulder that destroyed a portion of Highway 145 between&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/05\/24\/colorado-145-rock-slide\/\">Cortez and Telluride during Memorial Day weekend<\/a>. Instead, the state will shift the course of the highway and make the rock \u2014 which is the size of a house \u2014 a new landmark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect that for generations to come, people will have the opportunity to observe this geological masterpiece that we\u2019re calling Memorial Rock,\u201d Polis said at a morning news conference, adding the decision will save taxpayers about $200,000.<\/p>\n<p>Total cost for repairs are expected to run about $1.3 million, which some will come from&nbsp;federal emergency dollars, Polis said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/06\/04\/colorado-rockslide-highway-145-memorial-rock\/?fbclid=IwAR3VeGEmzdNSe1dog1JpautVzZTHfsrThwB9FLx-APfTe3-ZRwAl2C6N3FU\">The Denver Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/colorado-wont-blow-up-massive-boulder-that-destroyed-highway-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed name for the new monument is \u201cMemorial Rock.&#8221;Courtesy CDOT Move over Castle Rock, there\u2019s a new \u201cgeographical masterpiece\u201d for Colorado commuters and tourists to marvel. Meet Memorial Rock. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday that his administration has opted not to destroy an 8.5 million pound boulder that destroyed a portion of Highway [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 16:26:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}