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The Fort Collins Coloradoan editorial: Partisanship blocks Colorado’s roads, again

By 04/29/2017 | updated 9 years ago

An open letter to our Colorado senators and representatives:

An increasingly unsustainable situation on Colorado’s roads is hindering the lives of Coloradans. It’s keeping commuters away from their families. It’s limiting job opportunities. It’s contributing to fatalities. And generations will be impacted by the effects of inaction on transportation.

In Northern Colorado, Interstate 25 congestion is noticeably worse than ever. A regional effort to provide about $300 million for additional lanes between north Fort Collins and south Loveland falls far short of the $1.7 billion needed to keep up with growth.

And efforts to solve the issue statewide via Senate Bill 1242, which died in a Senate committee Tuesday, was doomed from the start.

Read more at The Fort Collins Coloradoan.

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