Dillon Dam Road Closed After Suspicious Activity - Colorado
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Authorities have closed Dillon Dam Road to traffic until at least early next week after “recent suspicious activity” later found to be non-threatening.
The incident involved two males using video equipment on the road while it was closed because of weather on Tuesday.
But investigation by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office and later by the FBI cleared the men, who said they were from Denver and were filming a music video on the dam.
The men were “very cooperative” with the deputies and agreed to show them the footage and have their vehicle inspected, the sheriff’s office said in a press release.
After forwarding the information to the FBI, the federal law enforcement agency said it reviewed the matter, and no threat was identified.
Dillon Dam Road, however, remains closed.
Denver Water said it planned “to assess safety and security risks” early next week before deciding when the road might reopen.
The mile-long road travels across Dillon Dam.
Tip -Lindy
UPDATED ARTICLE 07/10/08 Rocky Mountain News
A retractable fence to allow emergency vehicles to use Dillon Dam Road should be installed soon, Denver Water officials said Wednesday.
But Summit County officials remain hopping mad at Tuesday’s announcement by Denver Water that the dam road would be closed because of concerns that a terrorist act could breach the dam, threatening residents and water supplies.
The road was closed just after midnight and right now vehicles can’t get through.
Fire officials said the road’s closure will slow response times.
Dillon Reservoir, 70 miles west of Denver, is part of the system that delivers water from the high country to 1 million customers in Denver and its suburbs.
And from The Denver Post
Apparently Summit County residents are quite upset with the closure.
The residents erupted in protest after learning that homeland-security priorities had trumped local wishes with the sudden and largely unexplained closure of Dillon Dam Road by Denver Water.
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