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Motorists are stopped by Joel Aguirre along Hyde Park Road Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, where traffic has been held to one lane for the past several months due to utility work. While this work will be done soon, traffic to the peak is about to get worse due to the impending closure of the northern part of Hyde Park Road for a repaving project.

There were few signs Friday afternoon of the impending closure of much of the northern part of Hyde Park Road for a repaving project.

A small stretch south of Ten Thousand Waves has been held to one lane for the past several months due to unrelated utility work. Another short stretch north of the Aspen Vista Picnic Site was down to one-lane briefly — it was already back to two lanes by midafternoon.

Popular campgrounds and hiking areas were bustling with vehicles as people enjoyed the mountain views and pleasant late-summer temperatures.

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From left, Hassel Garcia, Javier Munoz and Manuel Castillo pick up signs scattered along the upper part of Hyde Park Road on Friday as construction crews get ready for a repaving project.

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Hassel Garcia, left, picks up signs along Hyde Park Road on Friday as construction crews get ready for the closure of the road for a repaving project. The road will be open Sundays, and the closed section will gradually reopen until the project’s completion in early October.



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