PUEBLO MEDIA ADVISORY
PUEBLO MOTORISTS LOSE MORE THAN $2,400 PER YEAR ON ROADS THAT ARE ROUGH, CONGESTED AND LACK SOME SAFETY FEATURES
Local speakers join national research group for virtual news conference to release report examining Colorado road and bridge conditions, congestion, safety and funding.
WHEN:
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. MST
Virtual news conference – Click Here for Zoom Web Conference
Passcode: 166937
Or iPhone one-tap: +19292056099,,85688940643#,,,,*166937#
Or Telephone: +1 253 215 8782
Report available on TRIP website at 10:00 a.m. MST.
WHAT:
The average driver in the Pueblo area loses $2,431 annually as a result of driving on roads that are deteriorated, congested, and that lack some desirable safety features, according to a new report from TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit based in Washington, DC.
Local speakers will join TRIP at a virtual news conference on Wednesday to highlight the report’s findings. The report, “Keeping Colorado Mobile: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe, Smooth and Efficient Mobility,” examines road and bridge conditions, congestion, economic development, highway safety, traffic congestions, and transportation funding in the Colorado Springs, Denver, Grand Junction, Northern Colorado and Pueblo urban areas and statewide.
A link to a video containing TRIP spokesperson comments on the report’s findings for the Pueblo area will also be posted on the TRIP website at 10:00 a.m. MST on January 22.
WHO:
Grand Junction City Council Member Cody Kennedy
Loren Furman, President & CEO, The Colorado Chamber of Commerce
Jeff Thormodsgaard, Vice President of Government Affairs, Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC
Rocky Moretti, Director of Policy & Research, TRIP
CONTACT:
Rocky Moretti – TRIP | 202.262.0714 (cell)
Carolyn Bonifas Kelly – TRIP | 703.801.9212 (cell)