I-70 in Glenwood Canyon could re-open soon

GLENWOOD CANYON - Following a day of rock-climbing and high-altitude blasting in Glenwood Canyon by workmen of the Colorado Department of Transportation, the agency said it will try to open some part of Interstate 70 today. State work crews, using a helicopter to ferry drilling equipment and a generator high up on the canyon wall, blasted free a huge boulder perched above the site of Monday's rock fall. Pieces of the boulder rained down on the freeway shortly before 6 p.m., causing no further serious damage than the destruction done by the initial rockslide.But CDOT officials decided not to try to reopen the highway, even on a limited basis of one lane in each direction, until crews have a chance to climb the canyon walls yet again today and check for further hazards."CDOT will make every effort to get some portion of the interstate open to traffic (today)," spokeswoman Nancy Shanks said in a release. The impact of numerous large rocks and boulders, which fell