Ideas. Stories. Community.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Donate during KSJD's Spring Fund Drive and you could win a Super73 E-Bike! Click here to donate NOW.

Road to Transfer Campground Will Receive Makeover

Austin Cope
/
KSJD

Five miles of bumpy, dusty road from the San Juan National Forest boundary north of Mancos to Transfer Campground will get a new chip-and-seal surface beginning July 31st. The four-day project was set to start July 24th, but was delayed by rain. In a release, the Forest Service says the heavily traveled West Mancos Road, or Forest Road 561, is currently graded 10 times a year, but the new surface will require only occasional maintenance. The project is being funded jointly with federal highway and Forest Service monies. Work will be done by the Montezuma County Road Department through an agreement. Motorists should expect delays of up to 30 minutes during construction.

Gail Binkly is a career journalist who has worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette and Cortez Journal, and was the editor of the Four Corners Free Press, based in Cortez.
Related Content