Denver Post: Low Stimulus Bids Let Colorado Add Highway Projects

From Denver Post:

Lower-than-expected bids from contractors on stimulus-backed transportation projects have led to about $36 million in savings that Colorado transportation officials are using to fund additional projects...  CDOT had planned to use other money from its budget to supplement stimulus funds for the Alameda/I-25 project. But bid savings will allow nearly full funding of the venture with the federal stimulus money and allow CDOT to apply the supplemental money to other state needs, said agency spokeswoman Stacey Stegman.