F336C5802755464C872583770060BD17 Hearing Summary

Mike Lewis, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), discussed the department's performance plan for the coming year. The members of the committee were provided with copies of the presentation (Attachment A). He walked the committee through the PowerPoint presentation, pointing out tables related to the condition of and congestion on roads and bridges throughout the state. He talked about data collection and reporting. He spoke about safety, specifically roadway fatalities.

Mr. Lewis continued to talk about various initiatives CDOT is working on as part of its FY 2018-19 performance plan, including decreasing workers' compensation claims. Josh Laipply, Chief Engineer, CDOT, took over the presentation to discuss improvements in customer service. He specifically talked about who CDOT's customers are and how they are served. Some new ways of communicating include telephone town hall meetings and mobile device updates. CDOT is also trying to better predict travel times on Colorado roadways.

Mr. Laipply continued his discussion of travel times and the barriers to accurately predicting them. He spoke about performance improvements on various major highway corridors. He responded to questions from the committee about express lanes. Mr. Lewis also responded to questions about the usage of a peak period shoulder lane (PPSL) on I-25 and other corridors.

The committee continued talking about managed lanes through the mountains. Mr. Laipply turned to a discussion of active and upcoming projects the department is implementing using technology to reduce travel time. He responded to questions about adaptive traffic signals in Greeley and other locations.

The committee discussion turned to pavement condition and the funding needed to improve the conditions. Mr. Laipply talked about construction cost data and contracting. He spoke about road maintenance activities conducted by CDOT and process improvements that are in place.

Mr. Lewis spoke about CDOT's legislative and regulatory agendas. He responded to general questions from the committee.