Deere and Ault Consultants completed a feasibility study of reopening Needle's Eye Tunnel that states that the tunnel can be repaired for less that $500,000.
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The Moffat Road and Needles Eye Tunnel are national historic landmarks that ecompass several counties — Boulder, Gilpin and Grand — in the foothills along the Front Range. Access to the area has been blocked for some time due to unsafe conditions in the Needles Eye Tunnel from a cave-in, but an inspection done by Deere & Ault Consultants Inc. in September 2012 revealed it could be restored, making it safe for two-wheel drive vehicles.