OFFICIAL I70 BITCH THREAD....

[Danno]

It’s an interstate though. Repairs should get federal funds.


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Just because it's an interstate doesn't mean the feds pay for maintenance. At least not how I understand it.

[The SnowShow]

Maybe they should spend the money allocated to the Floyd Hill reroute to actually doing solid maintenance annually, which will prevent accidents and worse. All the Floyd Hill project will do is move the bottleneck somewhere else.

[Danno]

Maybe you should apply to run cdot, it sure seems like you understand highway funding and maintenance issues better than them.

[possum]

The longer answer is TABOR.

[Soups]

Maybe you should apply to run cdot, it sure seems like you understand highway funding and maintenance issues better than them.

One more for the road!

[Foggy_Goggles]

10ply tires, good tunes (new Marleys or Stick Figure), a bit of stoic philosophy, 10mgs, world class snacks and beverages, WAGbags, -20sleeping bag...what else?

Did you leave yet?

[skaredshtles]

<snip> I’ve never seen a road in European snow country in such bad shape.

If the cost-of-ownership of personal vehicles was similar to European nations, we would also have very nice roads.

But instead, we've decided that we'd rather have cheap registration, cheap gas, and terrible roads/shitty public transportation.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[bean]

Just because it's an interstate doesn't mean the feds pay for maintenance. At least not how I understand it.

There’s federal money in maintenance but what qualifies can be complicated. Regardless of funding it’s hard to get out and patch stuff up in the middle of winter, and the rutted pavement can only be fixed by repaving the entire stretch of road (or at least that lane). And even if there was unlimited money there aren’t enough contractors to do the work.

tl;dr “It’s complicated”

[bean]

More emergency repairs.

[Leshphilling77]

So for future reference you want to stay in the right lane coming out of the tunnel to avoid this massive pothole that seems to keep reappearing?

[adrenalated]

So for future reference you want to stay in the right lane coming out of the tunnel to avoid this massive pothole that seems to keep reappearing?

If you're going the speed limit or below, you stay in the left lane, duh. The right lane is only for traveling at least 15mph over the limit.

[pfluffenmeister]

So for future reference you want to stay in the right lane coming out of the tunnel to avoid this massive pothole that seems to keep reappearing?

Perhaps CDOTs budget is flexible enough to cover a Dukes of Hazard style ramp on the lead edge?

[fastfred]

Perhaps CDOTs budget is flexible enough to cover a Dukes of Hazard style ramp on the lead edge?

That small budget amount does exist it was spent on the traffic circle outside of breck just before tiger rd the carnage and ability to launch vehicles is absolutely amazing

[Name Redacted]

Tunnel turns 50 today. 434.4 million cars.

[cmsummit]

You guys are gonna love the 2.5 year bridge replacement/intersection widening project at Hwy 9 & 285 in Fairplay. Starts this spring....buckle up!

[grskier]

If the cost-of-ownership of personal vehicles was similar to European nations, we would also have very nice roads.

But instead, we've decided that we'd rather have cheap registration, cheap gas, and terrible roads/shitty public transportation.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Um... this is a great summary.

[grskier]

Um... this is a great summary.

And Colorado doesn't like to vote for roads.

[simple]

Sometimes you find gold when you check the cameras.

[Name Redacted]

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are.

[~mikey b]

is that vehicles parked under an avalanche path on Loveland Pass?

[wkd-rdr]

Definitely in the path of the p chute

[skaredshtles]

Definitely in the path of the p chute

I laffed.

[Name Redacted]

The real question is, will it flow to the Atlantic or the Pacific?

[S_jenks]

The real question is, will it flow to the Atlantic or the Pacific?

it'll definitely flow into a basin first

[adrenalated]

it'll definitely flow into a basin first

Possibly into A Bay?