Pueblo Officials Change Roundabout Strategy, Will Emphasize Intersection Improvements

Pueblo officials change roundabout strategy, will emphasize intersection improvements

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — City leaders have revealed that they will build only three of the five planned roundabouts featured in coverage by KRDO 13's The Road Warrior last year. Two reasons for the change: The traffic circles are expensive — up to $1 million each — and officials decided that they could stretch their funding and be more efficient by focusing on intersection upgrades. Andrew Hayes, the city's former public works director, who recent…

Construction of roundabout at Five Corners intersection ongoing, expected completion in fall of 2026

Before construction began, officials estimated that with a roundabout, crashes at Five Corners would fall by 71 percent, and fatal and serious injury crashes would decrease by 87 percent, due to slower vehicle speeds and the elimination of “T-bone” crashes.