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State doing away with ‘Wildlife Zones,’ reduced night speeds

RBC I House Bill 10-1238 directed the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to establish highway Wildlife Zones where there is an increased presence of wildlife near the roadway, with signage that doubles fines for all traffic infractions within the zones.

Those zones are being done away with across Colorado, but CDOT is urging motorists to slow down on their own and keep an eye out for roadside wildlife as if those rules were still in…