COLORADO: Chain Spaces

Transport Topics, July, 2007 by Anonymous

The Colorado Department of Transportation said it would expand the state's designated chain areas to help truckers comply with a new law requiring them to chain their tires in winter weather.

Under the new law, which took effect July 1, truckers could be fined up to $500 for "failure to chain up," said Colorado DOT spokesman Stacey Stegman.

The Colorado Transportation Commission will spend $2.56 million to improve chain-up sites and signs to reduce speed near the pull-offs, said Stegman.

Stegman said CDOT will add 137 additional chain-up spaces in both directions of Interstate 70, either by increasing existing areas or adding new spaces.

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