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• State OKs $60M to widen tunnel, I-70 in mountains

  October 21, 2011 1:08 PM

  BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) - State officials have approved a $60 million project to widen an eastbound tunnel on Interstate 70 and add a third eastbound lane over a 2½-mile stretch of the mountain freeway. The Summit Daily News reports the Colorado Transportation Commission approved the funding Thursday. The... more »

• Second test of pace cars on I-70 goes smoothly

  September 26, 2011 8:13 PM

  SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (AP) - Colorado transportation officials say a second test of using pace cars to reduce congestion on Interstate 70 in the mountains has gone smoothly. Transportation officials say preliminary results show that when traffic slows down, vehicles are able to pass through the tunnel without creating gridlock.... more »

• Second test of pace cars on I-70 goes smoothly

  September 26, 2011 1:49 PM

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• Pace cars will be out on I-70 again this weekend

  September 21, 2011 8:04 PM

  SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (AP) - Police cars will pace traffic on 27 miles of Interstate 70 in the mountains this weekend, the second test of a technique designed to even out fluctuations in traffic speed and reduce congestion and collisions. The Colorado Department of Transportation says the next trial will... more »

• Transportation officials want to ease I-70 backups

  September 16, 2011 12:52 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Department of Transportation is considering a plan to widen Interstate 70 to ease mountain congestion. The department is holding a meeting Sept. 27 in Idaho Springs on a plan to widen the highway to three eastbound lanes between Idaho Springs and the base of... more »

• Colo. highway worker seriously injured on I-70

  August 6, 2011 1:15 AM

  EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) - A state highway worker has been seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle on Interstate 70 near Evergreen. The Colorado Department of Transportation says 64-year-old maintenance employee David Wright was hit Friday on westbound I-70 near Evergreen Parkway as he was picking up debris.... more »

• More rockfall work on Colo.'s I-70 next week

  May 13, 2011 7:23 PM

  GEORGETOWN, Colo. (AP) - Traffic on Interstate 70 in Georgetown will be slowed down because of additional rockfall work next week. On Tuesday crews will install fencing above the highway to prevent rocks from falling onto the road. Traffic in both directions on I-70 will be stopped up for... more »

• I-70 study: Best traffic fix costs up to $20B

  March 12, 2011 2:27 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A study of ways to ease traffic jams on Interstate 70 in the Colorado mountains confirms that the alternative preferred by planners would cost $16 billion to $20 billion. The final version of the study was released Friday. The Summit Daily News reports it doesn't differ... more »

• Zipper lane would cut I-70 trips in half

  August 26, 2010 11:18 AM

  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... more »

• One lane in both directions to open soon on I-70

  March 11, 2010 11:49 AM

  Workers are getting ready to reopen Interstate 70 in western Colorado, three days after a rock slide tore gaping holes in an elevated section and littered the highway with boulders. State officials say workers are patching holes, repairing drainage and clearing away snow in Glenwood Canyon Thursday morning. ... more »

• Some lanes of Interstate 70 could reopen today

  March 11, 2010 8:40 AM

  Workers have broken down a huge boulder threatening to tumble down a cliff onto Interstate 70 in western Colorado and hope to have some lanes open Thursday. State officials said they blasted the boulder just before nightfall Wednesday, but darkness prevented crews from clearing debris. A 17-mile stretch... more »

• Lawmakers want moveable I-70 lanes to ease traffic

  March 1, 2010 2:59 PM

  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... more »

• Man seriously injured in Thanksgiving Day fire

  November 26, 2009 1:06 PM

  An early Thanksgiving morning fire in Clear Creek County seriously injured one man and damaged three homes. The fire started around 5a.m. in Dumont , just west of Idaho Springs on Interstate 70. Clear Creek County Sheriff Don Krueger says that one person was severely burned in... more »