Comments on: CDOT never planned for additional general purpose lanes on I-25 in north area

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[...] CDOT never planned for additional general purpose lanes on I-25 in north area [...]

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:45:03 +0000

LF, you are right in that it is very easy to bash a program that has turned into the biggest boondoggle in state history. I don’t know how people can defend a project that is $3 billion + over budget before it even puts one train on the tracks. It shouldn’t be the city’s or the taxpayers responsibility to “lobby” to get what was promised to them by RTD.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:15:07 +0000

I don’t believe anything was ‘taken out of context’ at all – that was an exact quote. As the story in the Daily Camera said:

Polis told the gathering he would do what he could in Washington, D.C., to get funding for the heavily used thoroughfare.

“Highway 36 is my top highway to fund,” he said.

http://www.dailycamera.com/archivesearch/ci_13165906

The Polis angle is simply a bullet to drive home the greater point that CDOT, DRCOG and state & federal elected officials ignore the transportation needs of the north Denver metro area. The problem isn’t anything new as it has been going on for decades.

By: LF

LF — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:58:28 +0000

It’s very very easy to bash a program that will generate great jobs, easier transportation and lifetime growth for our community when you have a perspective of the week by week.

If Thornton really wanted a RTD solution, Thornton would have created a group o private sector stakeholders to lobby and challenge the powers to come to the table.

Instead they “duck and cover” for collateral damage to hang around the neck of Rep. Polis.

Working families need solutions now for our transportation needs and bashing a representative over a quote taken out of context doesn’t get Thornton any closer toward a RTD solution.

By: John M

John M — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:52:12 +0000

Looks to me like the powers-that-be in the north metro area were asleep at the wheel on this one. Someone should have caught this sooner.