Fort Carson announced Tuesday Gate 19 will temporarily close Aug. 1 about two years after an $11 million Colorado Department of Transportation project to pave the road to the gate. The base made the decision in part because the overall number of soldiers on base is down with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team deployed to the Southern border while the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade is scheduled to deploy to the Middle East, said Dee McNutt, a spokeswoman for Fort Carson. The aviation brigade