Subject: E-470 Public Highway Authority

• What, Me Worry?

  These road warriors are in love with a tollway.

  September 13, 2007

• The Blacktop Jungle

  Are the series of superhighways inching their way around Denver a "beltway"--or a noose?

  June 19, 1997

• 1 for the Money

  Interpreting Amendment 1 can be quite a balancing act. On Monday, Fitzhugh Havens took the fall.

  September 26, 1996

• An unintentionally hilarious way to learn about E-470 changes

  Beginning on July 4, drivers on E-470 will no longer be able to pay cash for tolls. Instead, the interstate is going all electronic; those not signed up for discounted express payments will be billed via a method that traces them using snapshots of their license plates. And to inform the public about these changes, the E-470 Public Highway Authority is resurrecting a video from last year that explains them in a manner that crosses 1950s-era VD films with The Stepford Wives. Watch with amazemen

  June 22, 2009

• TABOR baby-daddy Douglas Bruce weighs in on Denver's secret tax "diversion scheme"

  Over $80 million in fees has flowed from the Wastewater building The June 9 Westword feature "Down the Drain" examined how Denver officials are using funds designated for the improvement and maintenance of the city's storm-water drainage system to pay for various non-storm expenses. The investigation found that more than $80 million dollars in "storm drainage fees" collected from property owners over the past three years has been spent outside of the Wastewater Division to pay for things suc

  July 15, 2009