August 5, 2026 \u2013 El Paso County\u2019s Department of Public Works (DPW) is providing the following road and construction updates for the week.<\/p>\n
Construction on the Pedestrian Intersection Safety Improvements Project, at the intersection of Security Blvd & Willis Drive is planned to begin the week of Aug 10th, 2026 <\/p>\n
Starting the week of August 10th, 2026, construction will begin on the Pedestrian Intersection Safety Improvements \u2013 Phase II Project at the intersection of Security Blvd and Willis Drive in Security-Widefield, CO. Work will include the installation of a new pedestrian crossing and corresponding concrete work, with some minor traffic signal and\/or electrical work. The project is expected to be completed in approximately 3-4 weeks, weather permitting. <\/p>\n
Closure: The intersection at Security Blvd and Willis Drive will be fully closed.<\/p>\n
Detour: See Detour Map for details.<\/p>\n
Safety reminders for motorists:<\/p>\n
Reduce speeds in and around work zones
\nWatch for workers, equipment, signs, and barricades
\nFollow all posted detour signage<\/p>\n
DPW thanks residents and drivers in advance for their patience and cooperation as these improvements are completed.<\/p>\n
Short-notice traffic or construction changes \u2014 including temporary closures, schedule adjustments, or additional work activity \u2014 are shared through DPW Traffic & Construction Alerts on the County\u2019s official social media channels and may also appear in the following week\u2019s \u201cWeekly Updates\u201d.<\/p>\n
The next DPW Weekly Road & Construction Update will be distributed Wednesday, August 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
For information about additional ongoing projects:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 5, 2026 \u2013 El Paso County\u2019s Department of Public Works (DPW) is providing the following road and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,1060,140,139,223,28647,7561],"class_list":["post-399056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-county","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-news","tag-public-works","tag-roads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}