i-70
MO/I-70 tolls plan blocked by special interest lobbies - truckers, roadside stores
By Peter Samuel on April 24, 2012
Missouri senator Mike Kehoe (Repub, Jefferson City) who sponsored the bill (SB752) to allow tolls on I-70
says it is effectively blocked in the state senate transport committee. He is quoted in the StLouis Post Dispatch he'd most surprised fit he bill moves further this year.
Colorado seeking competitors to Parsons road/transit proposal for I-70 in Rockies
By Peter Samuel on March 26, 2012
Colorado DOT and a so called High Performance Transportation Enterprise of the state are seeking private sector proposals for
improving travel in the I-70 Mountain Corridor west of Denver toward Silverthorne, Vail and Eagle. They are looking for competitive proposals to an unsolicited proposal from transit specialist Parsons.
Missouri DOT pushing to rebuild, modernize, widen 200 miles of I-70 with toll concession - legislature must OK
By Peter Samuel on November 30, 2011
Missouri department of transportation (MoDOT) is pushing the state legislature to support their move to get 200 miles, 320km of
MO/I-70 rebuilt and widened with a longterm toll concession or public private partnership (P3).
Federal corridors of the future - I-70 KS-WV toll truckway and others ahead of PA/I-80
By Peter Samuel on October 22, 2007
The US department of transport is supporting a bunch of new toll projects under the rubric of Corridors of the Future (CoF), part of their larger anti-congestion initiative. The CoF grant money is relatively small but more important may be US priority in permitting.
Rocky Mountains fantasies
By Peter Samuel on April 1, 2001Rocky Mountains fantasies
Originally published in issue 54 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Mar 2001.
Page:19
Subjects:monorails guideway I-70
Facilities:I-70
Agencies:CIFGA
Locations:Rocky Mountains CO
EXPRESS TOLLANES:Denver Airport Express to toll I-70
By Peter Samuel on November 30, 2000EXPRESS TOLLANES:Denver Airport Express to toll I-70
Originally published in issue 52 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Nov 2000.
Page:18
Subjects:toll express lanes
Facilities:I-70
Agencies:Fluor Daniel Flatiron Construction
Locations:Denver Colorado CO
Sources:Carroll
COLORADO I-70: Congo tolling in the Rockies - getting skiers to pay their way
By Peter Samuel on December 10, 1997COLORADO I-70: Congo tolling in the Rockies - getting skiers to pay their way
Originally published in issue 22 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Dec 1997.
Page:7
Subjects:congestion pricing CP
Facilities:I-70
Locations:CO
Sources:Ulrich
