A blast of winter weather paired with an rush of people returning from the long holiday weekend will mean back ups on Interstate 70 from the Colorado’s high country back to the Front Range on Monday.
“With weather conditions, obviously it’s going to be a slow go coming home from the mountains,” said Amy Ford, a Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman.
Moderate to heavy traffic is forecast in the interstate’s eastbound lanes between Silverthorne and Denver until about 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
A traction law is in effect from Idaho Springs to C-470, meaning that passenger vehicles need to have mud or snow ties, use chains or have all-wheel or four-wheel drive.
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There was moderate traffic on I-70 eastbound Sunday night.
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