State will enforce tire rules this winter

By scott miller

EAGLE COUNTY — Weather always changes along Interstate 70. What’s constant is weekend congestion in the summer and winter. A couple of new steps this coming winter hope to at least ease that heavy traffic.The same week that an obscure website survey ranked I-70 through the mountains among the nation’s worst highways, the Colorado Department of Transportation released information about a new initiative intended to improve equipment on mountain-bound passenger vehicles.The department announced it would enforce the state’s “vehicle traction and chain laws.” Here’s what that means:During severe winter storms, the department will announce the application of the “traction law” …

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