The long envisioned beltway around metro Denver is missing a 15-mile section due to lack of funds and opposition to a key junction.
"Highway planners have long envisioned a beltway around metro Denver. 87 miles of a planned 102-mile encirclement of the metro area will be finished by the end of the year. But Colorado has no money right now to build the missing 15-mile segment, and there's plenty of resistance at the key junction in Golden. Politics and questions over its usefulness have plagued the last leg of the beltway for decades. Some communities formed a nonprofit corporation last fall to pursue preliminary design and engineering work. Opponents say there are less disruptive ways to move traffic."
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