Colorado Boosts Fire Breaks, Mowing to Keep Roads Open
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Colorado transportation officials are bolstering their efforts to prevent wildfires from closing highways by nearly doubling their vegetation management budget to $12 million. This funding, saved from reduced snowplowing due to the unusually dry winter, will be used to hire contractors to remove thousands of trees and boost mowing and herbicide spraying along the states 9,000 miles of highways. Recent wind-driven fires have already caused closures, and officials warn that dry roadside fuels could spark fast-spreading blazes without the usual spring snowmelt. Work has begun in key counties, and drivers will receive safety reminders to prevent roadside sparks from igniting dry areas.
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