E-470 officials are waiving $546,703 in tolls racked up over 16 1/2 hours on May 31-June 1 from drivers who used the toll road when I-25 was shut down due to a tanker fire in the Denver Tech Center area.
The Colorado Department of Transportation’s commissioners on Thursday agreed to reimburse E-470 $6,503 in operations costs for its staff overseeing detour operations, as well as messaging and traffic control while the detour was in place.
Traffic on the toll road, which arches along Denver’s…