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Anyone who has had to travel over Hoosier Pass when the roads are icy knows it can often be a harrowing experience. The Colorado Department of Transportation has been working on one solution help address some of those concerns and expects to have a chain-up station completed near Alma on the Park County side of the pass.
CDOT officials are hoping to begin construction on the Summit County chain-up area in 2024 or 2025, but the application is still under review by the town of Blue River and approval is not certain amid ongoing concerns from the town.
A general lack of compliance with the state’s traction law, which requires vehicles without four-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive to be equipped with snow tires or use a traction device such as tire chains, has been cited as one factor in traffic accidents and travel delays over the pass. While some pull-out areas exist along the road, many are shorter, unpaved and unlit, which can make it difficult for semi drivers to use them to install tire chains.
The current pull-off areas also do not meet the requirements that would allow Colorado State Patrol to enforce chain law restrictions on vehicles and drivers heading over the pass, according to Elise Thatcher, a spokesperson for CDOT Region 3.
