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Colorado rep fights ATV access bill |
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Sunday, February 05, 2012 09:39 |
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By Caddie Nath, Summit Daily News
Summit's state Rep. Millie Hamner (D-Dillon) came out against a Republican-led bill that would allow ATVs to be driven on roads in municipalities of less than 5,000 people, calling it a “misuse of power” by larger counties.
The proposed legislation passed out of the state House Transportation Committee by an 8-5 vote Feb. 1.
ATVs, or all-terrain vehicles, are currently allowed only on specific trails and on roads in municipalities where local governments have given approval.
Here's what the Colorado Mountain Club has to say.
But the bill's house sponsor, Rep. Kevin Priola (R-Henderson), a lifelong outdoorsman and ATV user, says the bill is just about allowing logical access between ATV trails on what are primarily unpaved county roads.
“You're not going to see these vehicles on I-70 or on highways at all,” Priola said. “It makes it a lot more convenient for folks to have the connectivity of the trail systems to see the rural and beautiful parts of this state.”
Read more about the arguments pushing for and against the ATV access bill.
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