Adding an extra, temporary eastbound lane to Interstate 70 would cut travel time from ski resorts to Denver by about half. That’s according to the initial results of study commissioned by the Colorado Department of Transportation. It found using a reversible “zipper” lane on winter Sundays would cut the drive time from Silver Plume to [...]
The Colorado Department of Transportation opened one lane of Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon in each direction at 3:05 p.m. yesterday, almost four days after a cascade of boulders pounded the road, blocking passage. The slide early Monday punched holes in a bridge, destroyed guardrails and left boulders the size of semi tractors scattered over [...]
Continue reading …DENVER (AP) – Two Colorado state senators are pushing a temporary solution to weekend traffic backups on Interstate 70. Sens. Chris Romer of Denver and Dan Gibbs of Silverthorne, both Democrats, want to use moveable barriers to temporarily add an eastbound lane on weekend afternoons when the highway is jammed with people returning to the [...]
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