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House panel OKs bill curbing toll road plans Measure would reduce area that could be claimed by project planners
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The Gazette
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April 29, 2005
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DENVER - A House committee approved legislation Thursday that
would place tough restrictions on a controversial private toll road
proposed for eastern Colorado.
Unlike other legislation moving moving through the General
Assembly, House Bill 1342 by Rep. Jack Pommer, D-Louisville, doesn't
aim to drive a stake through the 250-mile private toll road running
between Fort Collins and Pueblo.
Rural residents of the seven counties affected -- including El
Paso County -- have protested the plan, dubbed Super Slab, set forth
by the Front Range Toll Road Co. Inc.
"The goal of this is to narrow it down to an area that limits its
impact to as few people as possible and at the same time give them
room ...