OFFICIAL I70 BITCH THREAD....

**EWG** · 03-17-2019, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by The SnowShow

1:15 Copper to Denver on a Sunday afternoon. It’s an I70 miracle!

"It's like the luck of the Irish, only I'm not Irish, so you figure it out."

**goldengatestinx** · 03-17-2019, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by skaredshtles

You already know the answer to this problem.

And it isn't people putting their phones away - they'll never do that.

CO legislature has bill in the works to make phone use illegal in vehicles along with all their other bad this and that bullshit. Commifornia laws coming to a once great state....

**Danno** · 03-17-2019, 05:33 PM

I drove back from WP yesterday around 3, and today I left Vail just before 2. Both times, sailed on home. I thought I-70 was supposed to be a problem?

**Soups** · 03-17-2019, 05:40 PM

I left for WP this morning at 8:30am. Just over an hour to get there and I got a spot in the lower lot. Bizzaro world.

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**EWG** · 03-17-2019, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by Soups

I left for WP this morning at 8:30am. Just over an hour to get there and I got a spot in the lower lot. Bizzaro world.

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Nobody goes there anymore. Too crowded.

**PowderHorse** · 03-17-2019, 06:29 PM

It was full on spring fever in Boulder, I think everyone stayed here. Bikes, kids, dogs, softball game in the park, people smiling after a month of grey weather. Ski reports sound fantastic today!

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**smmokan** · 03-17-2019, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

I drove back from WP yesterday around 3, and today I left Vail just before 2. Both times, sailed on home. I thought I-70 was supposed to be a problem?

It's because no one gives a shit about spring skiing when it's super nice on the Front Range and there's no new snow to speak of. Everyone has been spoiled this year with all the powder days, who wants to ski groomers anymore?

**The SnowShow** · 03-17-2019, 07:28 PM

Or smooth wind buff in the alpine. Sounds good to me.

**wkd-rdr** · 03-18-2019, 08:52 AM

The potholes on the i70 flyover west bound neat the outlet malls in Silverthorne, they almost ate me up last night.

**summit** · 03-18-2019, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by wkd-rdr

The potholes on the i70 flyover west bound neat the outlet malls in Silverthorne, they almost ate me up last night.

Got a notification that I70W closed from Loveland to Silverthorne for major roadwork today 10a-2p

**fastfred** · 03-18-2019, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by wkd-rdr

The potholes on the i70 flyover west bound neat the outlet malls in Silverthorne, they almost ate me up last night.

I wouldn't even call them potholes
the concrete below the pavement is starting to get eaten too
a perfect symbol of how inept cdot is at managing our roads, don't worry they keep their fiber optic and camera system fully updated maintained and funded, but can't fix a pothole to save their life

I've watched a few people get absolutely tossed driving through there

**Name Redacted** · 03-18-2019, 09:26 AM

They are fixing it today.

Heads up! CDOT will close westbound Interstate 70 at the Silverthorne Interchange (Exit 205) tomorrow (March 18) for asphalt patching operations. Work will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the bridge's two lanes crossing U.S. 6 east and Highway 9 north. Worker and motorist safety requires that all westbound traffic be detoured from I-70 to U.S. 6/Loveland Pass. Traffic can return to westbound I-70 at Silverthorne, just west of the work zone.

CDOT is undertaking the patching operation tomorrow to take advantage of a favorable weather window, in advance of any upcoming snowstorms.

**wkd-rdr** · 03-18-2019, 03:46 PM

Yo Fast Freddie, Cdot is hiring!

https://www.codot.gov/topcontent/employment

You'd be the perfect person to schedule pothole repair, lane closures, traffic management and the like.

**The SnowShow** · 03-18-2019, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by wkd-rdr

The potholes on the i70 flyover west bound neat the outlet malls in Silverthorne, they almost ate me up last night.

Funny, I almost posted about this yesterday. Thought the bridge was falling apart as I cruised over at 65 mph.

**ffmedic84** · 03-18-2019, 04:42 PM

Traffic was backed up from 6 all the way until Silver Plume. Better than a car falling through the road though.

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**fastfred** · 03-19-2019, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by wkd-rdr

Yo Fast Freddie, Cdot is hiring!

https://www.codot.gov/topcontent/employment

You'd be the perfect person to schedule pothole repair, lane closures, traffic management and the like.

yeah bro, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't make a good gov't employee

but I am going to start my political carrer in 5 - 10 years, at that point I'll start holding people accountable for stupidity and waste, then again I'm pretty sure I'll never get elected to office, one can always dream

**MakersTeleMark** · 03-25-2019, 04:14 PM

https://www.vaildaily.com/news/polic...w-to-fix-i-70/

**Shredhead** · 03-25-2019, 08:21 PM

My son is on the Senate Budget Committee. Trump is in favor of a gas tax increase. Republicans can’t call it that, so they’ve labeled it a Motor Vehicle User Fee.

Dems are like, what are the Republicans up too here.
That’s a Tax increase,no fucking way.

Bizarro world on capital hill.

**PeteDee** · 04-08-2019, 12:55 PM

Not sure if this is "news" or something that was in the works...

https://coloradosun.com/2019/04/08/c...law-i-70-snow/

**summit** · 04-08-2019, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by PeteDee

Not sure if this is "news" or something that was in the works...

https://coloradosun.com/2019/04/08/c...law-i-70-snow/

All that means is the bald tire RWD van is legal as long as they have chains in a box under the back seat.

4WD brodozer with oversized mud tires that are worse than all season in snow is legal all the time!

https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/defau..._hb1207_r1.pdf

Pissing in the wind...

**MakersTeleMark** · 04-08-2019, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by Summit

4WD brodozer with oversized mud tires that are worse than all season in snow is legal all the time!

I was hanging out at the taco truck this weekend and parked next to it was a TRD Pro Tundra with literally completely bald tires which means that they have been on all winter.

I said to the person next to me, "that is why Vail Pass is a shitshow".

**PeteDee** · 04-08-2019, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Summit

All that means is the bald tire RWD van is legal as long as they have chains in a box under the back seat.

4WD brodozer with oversized mud tires that are worse than all season in snow is legal all the time!

https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/defau..._hb1207_r1.pdf

Pissing in the wind...

So, essentially there will be enforcement checkpoints further increasing the suckage, with no part of the law effectively decreasing the suckage? That does not sound positive.

**skiingislife** · 04-08-2019, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by PeteDee

So, essentially there will be enforcement checkpoints further increasing the suckage, with no part of the law effectively decreasing the suckage? That does not sound positive.

It will only increase the suckage for the people who live below the checkpoint. It will also be a reason for the city folk to wait until they hit the parking lot to consume their THC products, and maybe the left lane will be fast again!

**doebedoe** · 04-08-2019, 08:17 PM

Where you seeing they are gonna have checkpoints? I don't see that anywhere. Checkpoints would require a huge manpower increase which would be included in the fiscal note linked above if they were gonna happen.