I-70 Toll Measure Inches Forward ; but Some Lawmakers Question Proposal After Residents' Complaints

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DENVER - You might want to save some change the next time you buy a bar of snowboard wax: Toll booths on Interstate 70 moved one step closer to reality Thursday.

The Senate Transportation Committee approved a measure by Senate Minority Leader Andy McElhany, R-Colorado Springs, to establish toll booths on each side of the Eisenhower Tunnel, charge a fee of as much as $5 each way and use the revenue to improve the congested road. SB213 heads next to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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I-70 Toll Measure Inches Forward ; but Some Lawmakers Question Proposal After Residents' Complaints

After being besieged by complaints from 37 I-70 corridor residents, committee members rejected a separate proposal by Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, th...

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