Environ-MENTAL-ists versus lane-miles.
Global Warming PING!
PING!
But those pesky Union Pension bailouts keep gobbling up all the money. What to do. What to do.
There are thousands of cars and trucks idling on I-70 every weekend for hours. Can’t be good for emissions. There’s also little room to expand highways in the mountains without moving many tons of rock.
This isn’t an easy problem, and that’s just one little part of it. Being 30 years behind on infrastructure doesn’t help either.
People are constantly moving to Colorado. The 6 county Denver metro area is getting major population increases. Eventually, there may be limits to how many more building will be constructed such as to limit population density. Ooops, not a chance. The politicians want more population such as to get more tax money. Ever increasing population is the goal of those in charge.
“Whether the state succeeds largely comes down to whether it can build new lane miles and not see them filled too.”
Hey, C470 along the hogback was awesome for about 2 years. Then it wasn’t. Haven’t seen it in a few years but I bet it’s really bad by now. At least there’s room to add lanes there.
Compared to natural cycles, any smug, virtue-signaling plan of the Climate Cretins is as effective as a chain-link fence to stop mosquitoes (a.k.a. an anti-virus mask).
And Arvada (suburb on the west side of Denver) is looking at building an Amazon distribution center.
How’s that going to work with their little greenie highways?
Colorado still has some great places to live that will stay great for a while yet. They are nowhere near the Front Range of course. You have to be far enough from there that day trippers won’t come.
If they Mandated that ALL Public Employee’s and Officers of the Court, used only Public Transportation or Clean Non Fossil Fuel modes of personal Travel in the ENTIRE State, they would easily meet the Religious Goals
In Other News...we’re in a drought and a Heat Wave (we got some relief this week) in Wisconsin. Our highways are buckling at an alarming rate up here on ‘The Frozen Tundra.’
So, go for it, Colorado. Good Luck and God Speed. *SNORT*
“So far this year the Wisconsin DOT has already reported 115 incidents of pavement buckling on state highways. That compares to 163 last year and just 105 in 2019.
Devin Harings, The Northwest Region Pavement Engineer for Wisconsin DOT says crews expect to deal with this issue every year. As Wisconsin’s climate includes temperatures that are extremely hot and extremely cold.”