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Does Colorado pay out claims for damage caused by shoddy roads? Yes, but only rarely

Just two out of 500 claims filed recently have been paid. A spokesperson says that’s because the state is good at fixing the roads.

Roger Bland of Byers was zipping down Interstate 70 toward Denver on a Friday afternoon last July when he noticed two cars on the right shoulder. 

As he was moving into the left lane, he saw what turned out to be the reason those two vehicles were disabled: a sizable piece of pavement had popped loose and was sitting in the middle of the road.