CDOT hosting telephone town halls
SOUTHWEST and SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO (KREX) – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is giving Coloradans the chance to help set the priorities for transportation resources.
CDOT will be hosting telephone town halls across Colorado and citizens can call in to specific regions related to transportation districts of the members of the Colorado Commission.
The telephone town halls allow state residents to call in or join online to share their input on transportation resources. The first town hall meeting took place last Thursday, June 5, and the second will take place this coming Monday, June 9, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The counties that were able to call in on Thursday were Alamosa, Archuleta, Conejos, Costilla, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Miguel and San Juan.
Those who have the chance to give their input on Monday are Chaffee, Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Lake, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin and Summit County.
To sign up, click here.
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