By The Denver Post editorial board

After 15 months in which the only contribution Gov. Bill Ritter and most state legislators have made to solving Colorado's mounting traffic woes was a call for further study of previous studies, a plan to impose tolls on Interstate 70 offers the only remaining hope to unsnarl that vital east-west artery.

The tolling plan won a 5-2 approval in the Senate Transportation Committee last week and now faces a precarious future in Appropriations. The Post favors Senate Bill 213 as revised by its architects, Sen. Andy McElhany, R-Colorado Springs, and Rep. Mike May, R-Parker.

The legislature's excuse for dithering last year was that Ritter had named a bipartisan committee to study transportation and make recommendations to this year's General Assembly. But when the committee reported this year, the governor didn't endorse any of the four options it recommended — and lawmakers also ignored them with a vengeance....

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