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Charge a toll, but don't use money to expand I-70

Charging a $5 toll could help avoid scenes like this one, during an I-70 pass closure in Vail. The money shouldn’t be spent on widening the highway, however – it should be spent on alternative forms of transportation.
Photo by Tom Boyd

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Charge a toll, but don't use money to expand I-70

By Tom Boyd

March 27, 2008 — A group of state senators have cooked up a plan to charge I-70 drivers up to $5 each way to finance improvements to the highway.

Mountain communities are expected to mount a counter-campaign, and since I’m a mountain guy (who drives back and forth from Denver quite a lot), you might think I’m against it.

I’m not against it. In fact, I think it’s a good idea – but I’m against the idea of using the money to expand I-70.

Eisenhower tunnel is two lanes each way, and the only way to avoid the bottle-neck effect there is to expand Eisenhower to three lanes.

Expanding the tunnel would be a huge, huge project. If we’re going to spend that kind of money, it should be spent on a mass transit option.

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