{"id":801794,"date":"2019-11-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=375110"},"modified":"2019-11-27T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T16:00:00","slug":"colorado-state-patrol-promises-increased-traffic-enforcement-ahead-of-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/colorado-state-patrol-promises-increased-traffic-enforcement-ahead-of-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado State Patrol promises increased traffic enforcement ahead of Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/Weather-SDN-112618-7-3.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Colorado State Patrol will be strategically placing troopers along Interstate 70 on Wednesday afternoon, hoping to prevent accidents and ensure safe passage for motorists on one of the busiest days of the year.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 27, members of State Patrol each will be placed along a 20-mile stretch between the Eisenhower Tunnel and Utah border from about 1-5 p.m., according to a news release. Members of the Utah Highway Patrol also will be present on the other side of the border to police drivers crossing state lines. The initiative is designed not only so that troopers are nearby and ready in the event they\u2019re needed, but also so troopers serve as a visible reminder to drive safely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith up to 2 1\/2 times normal traffic volume expected, it is imperative every driver makes it their personal goal to arrive to their destination safely,\u201d State Patrol District 4 commander David Aldridge said in a news release. \u201cOur goal with this operation is not to have people get in trouble; it\u2019s to avoid trouble from happening in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/colorado-state-patrol-promises-increased-traffic-enforcement-ahead-of-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado State Patrol will be strategically placing troopers along Interstate 70 on Wednesday afternoon, hoping to prevent accidents and ensure safe passage for motorists on one of the busiest days of the year. On Nov. 27, members of State Patrol each will be placed along a 20-mile stretch between the Eisenhower Tunnel and Utah border [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-801794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 01:00:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}