Monday morning,  Boulder Canyon was declared open for the first time since the flood. Crews worked around the clock to repair Colo. 119, which was heavily damaged by the floods.
Colorado Flooding Roads

The news received a loud ovation at the Gold Hill Inn Sunday night, where a crowd was gathered for a benefit for a Boulder County hospice facility. The program featured songs by Neil Young and was performed by Boulder area musicians including Cort McCumber and Molly O’Brian.
The road through Gold Hill has, until Sunday afternoon, the only open road between the mountain communities west of town and the flatlands. Traffic has been ferocious in the town, both ways, all hours of the day and night. and lengthy.

Gov. John Hickenlooper  and other elected officials officially reopened the canyon early this morning.

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