highway safety
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Colorado’s highways are crumbling, gridlocked and unsafe
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For several years, the Colorado Contractors Association, along with other community leaders, elected officials and concerned citizens, has been sounding the alarm about the state of our transportation infrastructure. The facts are clear: our roads are crumbling; safety is at risk, and our highways cannot handle the volume of growth. Our challenge in 2018 remains…
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Court: No message is worth a life, new texting-while-driving legislation
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We all try to multitask in the modern world, but when it comes to texting while driving, no message is worth a life. Texting while driving kills people in Colorado. In January of this year, Brian and Jacquie Lehner, a couple, died while on their motorcycle when struck by a woman who was drunk and…
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Egan: The high price of inaction on our transportation infrastructure
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Five hundred and ninety-nine – that is the number of people who died on Colorado’s roadways in 2016. That same year, highway fatalities and their increasing numbers prompted a public service campaign by the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol to make the public better aware – through roadway signs, social media and other advertising…
