Why are so many rest stops closed?
I'm heading west from NC on my way to Los Angeles along I-40. I've noticed that about 30% of the rest stops are closed. Why is that? Is it because of budget cuts, restoration, abuses by travelers? ...
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IDman wrote:
On I-25 between Castle Rock and Colorado Springs, we used to have a rest area on both sides NB & SB. The governor said it was costing $300K per year to maintain them (I bet) so the state spend $500K to close them down. Good government thinking, huh?
Now you drive from Pueblo to Ft. Collins without a rest area!
Not quite an accurate statement. There is a NB and a SB rest area north of Pueblo and the SB side was recently rebuilt. Nice facilities.
As for the two you mentioned, yes they were closed but they needed work and there are stops close by. Just saying.
And to add to the discussion about fuel taxes, Colorado is another entity that hasn't increased fuel taxes in decades while everything else has increased ten fold. They did add a fee to registration renewels so they could repair some of our crummy bridges but that fee has ended I believe.
