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Article: LETTERS.(Commentary / Editorial)(Letter to the Editor)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2001
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Growth in Colorado a troubling issue
Five days a week, Denver drivers suffer an average of 24 car crashes from morning through evening rush hour. Some are minor and some kill the accident victims. For drivers, it's a frightening proposition just going to work. Interstate 25 is choked in fumes and traffic while traffic on U.S. 36 from Boulder flows like a glacier. People are so frustrated at one another, they shoot others, run others off the road, and tailgating is the norm.
At the same time, construction companies are planning another 10,000 homes at Stapleton and hundreds of other construction projects will continue to adversely affect metro Denver ...