{"id":32793,"date":"2023-07-20T20:50:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T02:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-ada-improvement-project-awarded-federal-grant\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:03:10","slug":"mancos-ada-improvement-project-awarded-federal-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-ada-improvement-project-awarded-federal-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos ADA improvement project awarded federal grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=63e841ac-1908-4b8f-b956-f6e1980544c1&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1262\" alt=\"An affordable housing project in Mancos got construction funding from the Department of Local Affairs. (Journal file photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">An affordable housing project in Mancos got construction funding from the Department of Local Affairs. (Journal file photo)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Transportation are providing more than $42 million in federal grants to 37 entities, including one in Mancos, across Colorado as part of its Transportation Alternative Program. This program provides funds for travel option expansion projects and enhanced safety for \u201cvulnerable users,\u201d a news release from Polis\u2019 office and CDOT said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>TAP is a 10-year plan with goals of \u201csustainable travel options, upgrading transit systems and making them more accessible, and fixing roads and infrastructure,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvesting in roads and transportation saves people time and money, helps communities, our economy and cuts pollution,\u201d Polis stated. \u201cThis federal funding pairs strongly with bipartisan infrastructure law I signed as Governor, and I look forward to the future of these 37 important projects that will create jobs and benefit Colorado communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese grants will help make dozens of Colorado communities more vibrant by making it easier to get around. By offering more choices and options, and making sure those options are high-quality, we are making important improvements to these spaces,\u201d said CDOT Executive Director Shoshana Lew.<\/p>\n<p>Mancos was awarded $739,605 for ADA improvements. The money will be used to reconstruct ADA ramps along U.S. Highway 160 Business Route, as well as construct 0.8 miles of new sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p>Four other projects in Southwest Colorado were awarded funding from CDOT. All these projects are within CDOT Region 5 and include updates in Silverton, San Miguel County, Salida and Del Norte, the news release reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Polis and CDOT worked together to select 37 entities across the state<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-32793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81930,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32793\/revisions\/81930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32793"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=32793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}