Ripoff Report | E-470 Express Toll Review - Denver, Colorado (2024)

FAQs

What happens if you don't pay ExpressToll Colorado? ›

After your first statement is past due, you will receive another statement with a one-time $5 late fee added. If your account ages a total of 3 months, you will be sent to an outside agency collections law firm, at which time you will be assessed a one-time $20 collection fee.

If you have questions about a violation or fine, payments or to file a dispute, please visit expresslanesafety.com/CO/violations or call 833-816-0316 for assistance. CDOT is not managing these requests, and must go through the Express Lanes Safety Enforcement program.

The toll road is neither a state highway nor an Interstate Highway and is instead owned and maintained by the E-470 Public Highway Authority, which is controlled by a governing board of eight elected officials of eight local governments.

The express lanes opened in November 2022 after extensive construction in the I-25 Gap project area. Since then, tolls have been waived while the Colorado Department of Transportation rolled out its tolling system along the 18-mile stretch.

Unpaid Parking Tickets, Library Fines, Unpaid Tolls, Forgotten Gym Memberships. Having derogatory marks, or a history of unpaid debts, has a significant negative impact on your credit score.

Whether a customer has a Colorado or an out-of-state license plate, the billing process works the same for all vehicle registrations. No advance registration is required. Customers drive non-stop and are billed later.

You can dispute a violation by filling out the "Contest of Notice" portion of your "Notice of Toll Evasion." This notice is typically mailed to you within two weeks of driving The Toll Roads without paying. Please include a written explanation for contesting the violation.

How do I close my ExpressToll account? There are a few options for closing your account. Mail a note to the address below indicating you want to close your account. Or, contact the ExpressToll Service Center at (303) 537-3470 or (888) 946-3470 to speak to a customer service representative.

Each violation is assessed a $57.50 penalty in addition to the toll amount due.

E-470 has tolls because it relies on the profit for maintenance. It doesn't receive state or federal funding, so the tolls go towards paying debt service, operations and roadway improvement projects.

Why is E-470 still a toll road? ›

E-470 did not use any local, state or federal funding during the original construction and no taxes are used to improve or operate the highway. The current bonds used for maintenance, operations and expansion are still being paid back by tolls collected from the toll road users.

@E470. The E in E-470 technically stands for "extension," as our road is an extension of C-470, but we like to think the E stands for "Excellence"!

If the account remains unpaid for 90 days, the account becomes delinquent and all overdue toll transactions will be sent to a collections law firm for up to four months in an attempt to find the customer and collect payment. The unpaid tolls, the $5 late fee and a one-time $20 collection fee are due at this time.

You have 30 days from the date that the E-470 Public Highway Authority or Colorado High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HTPE) issues an order, or 30 days from the date of your hearing with the E-470 Public Highway Authority or HTPE, to give your toll ticket appeal paperwork to the county court.

Colorado's most expensive roads

One toll is on Pikes Peak Road from the town of Cascade, U.S. Highway 24, west of Colorado Springs to the top of Pikes Peak, which totals $2.11. C-470, Kipling to Interstate 25 is also one of the highest tolls.

Any traveler may use Express Lanes: for free with a motorcycle or if they have at least three passengers in the vehicle; by riding priority buses or bus rapid transit; or. by paying the toll as a solo driver.

If you drive yourself...

Solo drivers with a pass will be charged the posted toll rate, which will be automatically deducted from their ExpressToll Account. If you choose not to set up an ExpressToll account and get a pass, you will be billed through a License Plate Toll.