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Private developers pitch billion-dollar I‑70 ‘Mountain Express’ rail concept to Grand County commissioners
Summary
SDE Holdings presented a conceptual, privately funded I‑70 corridor transit plan combining hydrogen‑powered rail and elevated SkyTrain technology supported by large-scale solar generation and a plan to place solar and battery systems on many homes to finance operations; commissioners asked technical questions and requested updates but took no action.
Private developers from SDE Holdings presented an ambitious, multi‑phase concept they call the I‑70 Mountain Express, describing a roughly $680 billion (presenters corrected that figure to $680 billion during Q&A) multi‑phase network that could eventually link Golden to Breckenridge and branch to Winter Park/Fraser using a combination of elevated SkyTrain technology, a single‑bore Bertha Pass tunnel, and hydrogen‑powered rail vehicles.
Presenters Dave Bridal and Dr. Paul Williamson said the concept pairs elevated/grade‑separated…
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