I thought the same thing Tuesday that Steve Skinner mentioned in his commentary piece \u201cQuick takes: hot springs, Pence and housing\u201d (July 30, Aspen Daily News).<\/p>\n
Highway 82 has massive potholes, fault line-like cracks and expansion gaps missing surrounding road deck, but the Colorado Department of Transportation is replacing miles of guardrail starting in Glenwood Springs?<\/p>\n
The upvalley portion they have been replacing for weeks is not even that mangled. The road there is pretty flat and straight. I have seen much worse guardrail in the Shale Bluffs area and around Aspen Village, where it looks like a giant can opener was unleashed on the railing.<\/p>\n
Maybe CDOT will get to potholes in the offseason? You know, when it is colder, snowy, wet and ideal conditions for laying down hot petroleum-based road material. Wasn\u2019t that the problem with the Castle Creek bridge decking last fall? Asphalt laid in cold conditions that immediately went to hell.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, officer I have not been drinking, I was swerving to avoid all the potholes, and yes, I was going 10 mph over the posted limit and getting passed like I was standing still! But am I in the correct lane, because I think it\u2019s illegal for cars to pass me in the right lane, so I drive in the right lane since that is how it is done in the rest of the country!\u201d<\/p>\n
John Norman<\/p>\n
Carbondale<\/p>\n