Study envisions future of I-70 through high country
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- Created on Friday, 17 June 2011 14:32
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By RANDY WYRICK, VAIL DAILY
The next round of studies on Interstate 70 will be smaller, according to a statement released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Transportation.
The Federal Highway Administration signed its Record of Decision for the Interstate 70 Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.
The goals include:
• Six-laning I-70 from Floyd Hill through the Twin Tunnels. A bike trail and frontage roads are envisioned from Idaho Springs east to Hidden Valley and Hidden Valley to U.S. 6 .
• Improving Empire Junction, the intersection of U.S. 40 and I-70
• Building an eastbound auxiliary lane from the Eisenhower/Johnson Tunnel to Herman Gulch.
• Building another westbound lane from Bakerville to the Eisenhower Tunnel.
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