CDOT Can Close 'Em Down!! *LINK*

From georgetownpolitics.com:
"This is the last paragraph of the Use and Occupancy Agreement (of CDOT's right of way) dated March 15, 1971:
"It is further understood that in the event any part or parts of the tracts herein above described shall hereafter be required by the First Party (State Dept. of highways, Division of Highways, State of Colorado) for highway purposes, said First Party shall have the right to take immediate possession of such portions so required, and if any alteration, removal or obliteration of any of Second Party's (The State Historical Society) constructed improvements results therefrom, the compensation due, if any. for such actions of the First Party, shall be determined by negotiation, or by a Commission, in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado on Eminent Domain."
"With a clause like that, CHS has no recourse (even if it were to include their dead body) in the event that CDOT would like to run I-70 through the valley."
"Did the Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. get kicked out to save CDOT and/or CHS the money they would have to pay GLRR, Inc. to take the right of way for the interstate expansion under the state's eminent domain laws? Is there a sweetheart deal with the valley's property owners that we don't know about? We have no idea, but we're pretty sure that this late in the game, & without a single operable train between the CHS and Railstar, that this is not about a train."
"We talked with a person who talked with Joseph Bell of the CHS during the RFI process. He was told by Joseph Bell that the CHS has 900 acres available for development. One option discussed (by CHS with this person -JP) was building a hotel complex on the site. (This person) also said that his key impression was that CHS has little or no interest in keeping the valley as a historical railroad and mining preserve and *that* appeared to be secondary to finding a developer for the 900 acres. It was also mentioned to this person that they could have use of the HGI store (the alleged visitor center) and that there was the possibility of getting 15 passenger shuttle vans from the State Motor Pool, presumably for transporting visitors from the HGI store to the station."
"Hmmm. Get rid of the train, CDOT takes the right of way, a new hotel by the new highway and several non-profits now have prime real estate?"
"The current course of action of the CHS and (the lack of action of our local historical societies in saving this national historic treasure) makes no sense. It makes us believe that they are proceeding knowing that it all makes sense (to them) in a different scenario."
Me, again.
Shuttle vans? To bypass the merchants of Clear Creek County?
Anyway, thanks, Kerry Ann.