Author: James Lee
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Perspective: Still no fix for our roads
Once again, the General Assembly kicked the can down a congested, potholed roadway when it came to providing a fix for Colorado’s highway system. At the end of the session, the legislature did finally pass a measure regarding transportation funding, the Transportation Funding Adjustments Act (HB 26-1430). That measure, though, was more of a knee-jerk reaction to a ballot proposal, Proposition…
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Perspective: Colorado’s beleaguered mountain corridor
In recent years, travelers have expressed growing frustration as they drive Interstate 70 through the mountains of Colorado. They have witnessed longer travel times, greater congestion, more delays and crashes, and deterioration of the highway’s pavement condition. Many have laid blame for these problems on the trucking industry as they seek a culprit. Trucks are…