The Denver Post reports that backers and opponents squared off at a DRCOG hearing over the proposed Jefferson Parkway toll roa, calling it either a likely boondoggle that will do nothing to improve traffic safety and relieve congestion in northwest metro Denver or a vitally needed beltway link that will spur mobility, connectivity and commercial development in the area.

Broomfield, Arvada and Jefferson County set up the Jefferson County Public Highway Authority to lure a public-private partnership that would build a toll highway from Colorado 128 near the Interlocken commercial area to Colorado 93 near West 64th Avenue at the north edge of Golden.

The highway authority needs DRCOG’s board of directors to add the Jefferson Parkway to the council of governments’ regional transportation plan.

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