On Sunday, CDOT will again use police “pace cars” to try to get motorists heading east on Interstate 70 from Silverthorne to slow down, avoid tailgating and smooth out the traffic flow in an effort to eliminate bottlenecks.
The Colorado Department of Transportation calls the concept “rolling speed harmonization,” and Sunday’s test — involving police pacing for about 27 miles from Silverthorne to Empire Junction — follows an earlier one held last month on a Saturday.
CDOT officials said they will get a better sense of the value of speed harmonization from a Sunday test, when eastbound traffic counts on I-70 are much higher.
Silverthorne police will start Sunday’s test around 10 a.m.
Jeffrey Leib, The Denver Post; Photo by Craig F. Walker, Denver Post file
