Colorado interstates improved by 1 percent, but where does that leave rural roads
By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project
CDOT: a 1% drop in poor rural pavement or interstate? Both?
Recently on my way home I was listening to KUNC and heard a story where CDOT was crowing about how they've repaired something like 1% of rural roads in Colorado. Something didn't smell right and I wanted to double check on the exact claim when I got home. I couldn't find a link to a written story on KUNC's site about it (perhaps it was radio only?), so I wrote in to the CDOT media people and asked for some details.Before we get to the claim let's back up for some context.According to the first link below, CDOT's Fixing Rural Roads page (quoting):"Over the course of CDOT’s outreach effort we heard from rural communities across Colorado about the need to improve ...