Here’s Why You Can’t Get Anywhere In Grand Junction

It seems like the orange traffic cones are a part of the scenery around here. Here's why you just can't get anywhere quickly in Grand Junction.

I thought North Carolina's construction was bad, turns out Colorado has North Carolina beat by far. Here's the current construction happening around Grand Junction, in chronological order:

• Pavement Preservation
  • D 1/2 Road, between 30 3/4 Road and Duff Drive and 29 Road
    • Daylight, today only
• Cheap Sealing
  • 1st and 19th Street and North Avenue and Patterson
    • 6 am to 5 pm, now through Wednesday
• Riverside Parkway Resurfacing
  • 5th Street on ramp and West Avenue
  • Night, today through Thursday
• Fog Sealing
  • 1st and 19th Street and North Avenue and Patterson
    • 6 am to 5 pm, now through August
• Paving Operation
  • US 6, mile marker 30.1 through 30.7, left and right lane
    • 7 am to 7 pm, now through October
• Street Resurfacing
  • Bookcliff Avenue, between 7th and 9th Street
    • Thursday through Friday

Source: City of Grand Junction and CDOT