I-70 Mountain Corridor Update for Jefferson County

Jefferson County changed the member of the I-70 Mountain Coalition from Maria D'Andrea, a Jeffco employee, to one of the county commissioners, Faye Griffin. Maria D'Andrea is now an alternate along with another Jeffco County Commissioner, Casey Tighe, also a county commissioner. Casey Tighe was elected to that position in November, ending a term where all the commissioners were Republicans.

The I-70 Mountain Coalition is supposed to be researching rail and bus alternatives to travel within the mountains, but it looks like they are making sure that those efforts are unsuccessful.

From the same county news release, Jefferson County just signed a $194,900 contract to try to find money for more roads. The county also wants to raise sales taxes to support C-470, a road which was not supposed to need a public subsidy.

Throughout this news brief, transportation is used to mean roads only.

Let's Oppose Widening Our Highways

Let's support bus and trains instead. FasTracks turned down financing for the North rail line to Thornton, and now that financing is going toward widening I-70. And the North Line has no financing and no start date.

Tuesday, November 13, 5:30 to 8:30 pm
Commerce City Recreation Center
6060 E. Parkway Drive
Commerce City
Bus: 40, 48, 88

Wednesday, November 14, 5:30 to 8:30 pm
Swansea Recreation Center
2650 E. 49th Avenue
Denver
Bus: 48
This location is very close to Focus Points where the East I-70 team has its monthly meetings.

I would love to hear why fixing the highway is not one of the options.