Colorado DOT Receives Final Environmental OK for “Massive” I-70 Widening Project

The Denver Post reports that after 14 years of controversy, the Colorado Department of Transportation has received a federal Record of Decision that gives it the authority to move forward with its $1.2 billion Central 70 widening project. “On the horizon as soon as early next year, is the start of four or five years of construction along 10 miles of I-70,” construction that will include new managed toll lanes.