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Apr 25, 2008 7:32 pm US/Mountain

Agreement Made To Reduce Gridlock On I-70

Reporting
Andrea Lopez
FRISCO, Colo. (CBS4) ― There was a surprise agreement on reducing gridlock on Interstate 70 Friday. It's the first significant step toward a solution in a decade. The Colorado Department of Transportation and communities from Golden to Glenwood springs all agreed on the plan.

Part of the project includes widening the highway to six lanes in some of the most congested areas. It does not include wider lanes near Georgetown and Idaho Springs. The agreement does call for widening the tunnels near Idaho Springs. It also supports some type of mass transit system that could include a train or monorail.

"I'm most happy that I think we'll be able to give people in Colorado a choice of modes coming up to the mountains," said Mary Jane Loevlie, Idaho Springs Representative. "They'll be able to take the mass transit instead of getting stuck on the highway."

"We've reached an incredible milestone and the logjam has broken in some respects," Frisco Town Manager Michael Penny said. "But there is still a lot of legal process it needs to go through."

CDOT believes it can complete some of the projects by 2020.

Officials are still trying to figure out where the funding will come from.

Recommendations will be finalized and handed over to CDOT and the Federal Highways Administration at the end of May for approval.

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