Official believe toll lanes are necessary to unclog weekend traffic spilling over the mountain passes of I-70.

Highway managers in Colorado say that toll lanes on I-70 between Denver and the mountain resorts are probably on the way.

Living on the Western Slope, we may not experience this "commuters nightmare" on a daily basis like the mountain towns, but we have all traveled to or from Denver at a time when traffic has been backed up for hours.

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