The Colorado Department of Transportation has a single lane closed on U.S. Highway 550 on Bondad Hill that will remain closed until a large boulder can be blasted and removed from the hillside, which is anticipated to take place Monday, weather permitting.

At midday Monday, traffic will be fully stopped in both directions for more than 30 minutes while blasting takes place, debris is cleared and the work area is cleared for safety. Delays will continue while traffic queues are cleared in both directions. Until 3 p.m. after the blasting, there are likely to be traffic delays as more debris is hauled away.

CDOT will update this schedule at www.cotrip.org.

Work to take place on County Road 520

La Plata County Road and Bridge crews will replace a cross-culvert under County Road 509, which will require the 1300 block to be closed to through traffic from Monday to Wednesday.

Work is expected to be completed by the Thanksgiving holiday. This section is 1.8 miles south of the intersection with County Road 520, and about a half mile north of the intersection with County Road 509A. Motorists are advised to use these alternate routes: Southbound traffic from the Bayfield area to the Ignacio area, use either County Roads 516 or 521; and northbound traffic from the Ignacio area to the Bayfield area, use either County Roads 516 or 521.

For more information, call Doyle Villers 382-6414 or email [email protected].

Durango Rotary Club will meet Tuesday

Byron Kellogg of the newly formed Solarize La Plata campaign will present to the Rotary Club of Durango at its meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.

With the Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency behind it, the campaign’s goal is to encourage people to install solar panels on their homes or businesses, which would be connected to the La Plata Electric Association power grid. Using special LPEA meters, when solar power is being added to the grid then the meter would run backwards reducing the customer’s electric bill. Kellogg is a retired civil engineer from the Bureau of Reclamation. Visitors are welcome.

For more information, call Bruce Rodman at 385-7899.

Herald Staff