SB24-100 Summary

• Restricts commercial vehicles with gross vehicle weight rating of 16,001+ pounds from using the left lane on six specified sections of Interstate 70 and surrounding mountain corridors, with violations classified as Class A traffic infractions.

• Establishes heightened speed limit enforcement zones in Glenwood Canyon on I-70 (milepost 116.0-131.0 eastbound, 118.5-131.0 westbound) with doubled penalties and surcharges for commercial motor vehicle speeding violations.

• Creates seasonal closures/restrictions (September 1 through May 31) for commercial vehicles on western slope corridors including I-70, US Routes 40, 50, 160, 285, and 550, requiring proper equipment and signage notification.

• Directs the Freight Mobility and Safety Branch to study new chain-up and chain-down station locations, appropriate safety technologies, economic impacts of winter closures, and commercial vehicle parking on I-70, with report due to legislature by 2025 and section repealing July 1, 2026.

• Appropriates $31,684 to the Department of Revenue for 2024-25 fiscal year for DRIVES system maintenance, personnel, and technology support, with fines collected dedicated to the Mountain Highways Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Account.