I recently ran across the First Biennial Report of the Colorado State Highway Commission, issued in 1910.
Good roads lighten the burdens and boost the fortunes of all mankind.
CDOT employees share the belief that good roads are a benefit to everyone. But as a department, we also know that our mission has expanded far beyond building and maintaining good roads. Now we deal with issues involving aviation, mass transit, bicycles, pedestrians, and public access to vital transportation information. Our growth has created tremendous transportation challenges. Much of our interstate highway system was designed and built before 1970, and since that time our population has grown by more than one million persons.