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GEORGETOWN, Colo. — As snow picked up during an expected snowstorm impacting I-70 through the mountains, highway signs reminded commercial vehicle drivers they now must carry chains in expanded areas in Colorado . 'What the expansion is, is we have now made it so instead of just one Highway west of I-25 it's now going to encompass all public highways that are west of I-25,' said Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gabriel Moltrer.
'The main reason that we have it so that they all have to carry the chains is for safety, because it can cause roads to close from vehicles being stuck that aren't properly equipped to be driving on those roads,' Trooper Moltrer said. 'With those chains in place, what that can do is make it so you're driving down in an area that you may or may not get traction in to now you would get that traction to continue your journey.
I-70 Morrison Expanded Chain Laws Highways Safety Snowstorm
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