Update on the I-70 Coalition’s activities from Michael Penny, chair.

You can see some of the Federal stimulus dollars at work on Highway 9, I-70, and the Summit County Maintenance shop, but what else is happening on I-70? Well, the I-70 Coalition and our members have been continuing to stay busy over the last several months. Much of the early part of the year was spent working on legislation to ensure an ongoing and stable funding source for transportation financing. A reliable statewide funding stream is necessary for anything to happen on I-70.

Commentary by Tim Jackson, President of the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association:

While costing just a tiny sliver of the total amount of the overall stimulus package, the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) has produced immediate and dramatic results. Cash for clunkers has proven its value – to the economy, to the environment, to Colorado – and it deserved to be continued.