C-470 express lane use lags, prompting $4 million loan to cover costs
CDOT plans to loan its tolling oversight arm $4 million to cover revenue shortfalls from C-470's express lanes.
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CDOT plans to loan its tolling oversight arm $4 million to cover revenue shortfalls from C-470's express lanes.
The explosive growth in Idaho Springs is tangible. What once may have been known as a pass-through city has become a legitimate vacation spot.
According to state data, last year, about 45,000 drivers used the eastbound express toll lane when it was closed.
People in Globeville and Elyria-Swansea who had to endure the Central 70 project construction will get a toll transponder worth $100 or $100 in bus passes.
And perhaps eventually, downtown access for a Front Range passenger rail line.