On Monday, September 29, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) completed the cleanup of the massive rockslide at McKenzie Junction that was triggered in January on Highway 96 in the Wet Mountains. After the initial cleanup, which required hundreds of semitruck loads to complete, CDOT was unable to finish the job and left concrete barriers on the north side of the highway to catch any remaining rockfall. This created a tight and unexpected traffic obstacle at the junction, posing a danger to motorists. With the help of the contractor of Langston Trucking, another 1,500 tons of rock were cleared from the side of the highway and taken to the Portland Cement Plant in Florence to be used as aggregate. Most of the work was completed…