DENVER (KDVR) — As increasingly more folks head out to the mountains to see the autumn leaves, locals are getting extra annoyed with crowded roads including hours to commute instances.
Keturah Srot has lived in Idaho Springs for nearly eight years. She mentioned she’s by no means seen the roads like this.
“Solely gotten worse and worse every passing yr,” mentioned Srot.
Final weekend, she deliberate a drive to Canon Metropolis by Guanella Move, pondering the leaf site visitors wouldn’t be too unhealthy.
“We weren’t ready for what we encountered,” she mentioned. “There have been a whole bunch and a whole bunch of automobiles illegally parked on either side of the street.”
It wasn’t simply on Guanella Move. The Park County Sheriff’s Workplace took video in one other location the place automobiles are parked alongside the street.
Srot mentioned they couldn’t make it any additional into the drive.
“We did finally handle to again out and switch round however we misplaced two and a half hours and we ended up having to cancel our plans for the day,” she mentioned.
Her frustration is essentially with the automobiles parked basically on the street, which she says isn’t allowed.
“No one can be encountering the type of headlock or gridlock had folks not been parking there,” mentioned Srot.
And she or he hopes that guests who proceed to come back to see the leaves do it respectfully and solely cease for footage in designated areas.
“It simply makes locals have a variety of street rage and anger and we don’t need to see the vacationers anymore,” mentioned Srot.
Srot additionally worries about first responders being unable to get out rapidly on calls due to the street backups. It is one thing the Park County Sheriff’s Workplace famous on Saturday as nicely, saying it will possibly typically take two hours simply to get the place they should.
