Tempted to sneak into Interstate 70’s mountain express lanes when they’re closed? Smile — soon you’ll be captured on camera, or at least your vehicle will.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a bill into law allowing the Colorado Department of Transportation and its vendor to use the express lanes’ existing license plate cameras to send automatic fines up to $250 to owners of vehicles caught venturing into them when they’re closed. The narrower-than-normal express lanes were added on I-70’s inside shoulders and typically are open only on weekends and holidays, when mountain traffic is heavier.
The law takes effect Aug. 1, but CDOT spokesman Matt Inzeo said plans call for enforcement to begin a little later, likely by Nov. 1. Exact fines haven’t been decided. In coming months, CDOT’s enterprise arm, which oversees the I-70 toll lanes, will set a structure of fines within the allowable range of $10 to $250, he said.
The new law also gives CDOT a tool to enforce vehicle size limitations when express lanes are open. Drivers of semitrailers and other vehicles with more than two axles, or which exceed 25 feet in length, aren’t supposed to use them.
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