CDOT Receives TIGER Grant for Eisenhower-Johnson Tunnels
Colorado will receive $10 million in a U.S. Dept. of Transportation TIGER grant to add a fixed fire-suppression system at the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels (EJMT) on I-70 west. The system is one of 52 projects in 37 states across the nation selected to receive funding.
The fire suppression system would not completely extinguish a vehicle fire in the tunnels but rather buy critical time needed for first responders to safely approach the scene and take action. Historically, the EJMT complex has experienced two to three fires a year since the opening of the tunnels in the 1970s.