{"id":2459012,"date":"2020-05-29T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T03:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/delay-allows-roadwork-on-pass\/"},"modified":"2020-05-29T21:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T03:36:00","slug":"delay-allows-roadwork-on-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/delay-allows-roadwork-on-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Delay allows roadwork on Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A CDOT snowcat plows up to the Independence Pass summit preparing for the summer traffic on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong>
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An extra week of Independence Pass closure this spring allowed crews to repave the two narrow, one-lane sections of the road on the Aspen side, an official said Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us to have an opportunity to do that provides a real benefit for everyone who uses the Pass,\u201d said Elise Thatcher, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n

Independence Pass opens for the summer season Monday at noon, Thatcher said. It is the second-latest opening in the past 12 years, behind 2008 when the Pass didn\u2019t open until June 5.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Forest Service bathrooms at the top of the Pass also will open at noon Monday, said Brian Pettet, Pitkin County\u2019s public works director.<\/p>\n

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