E-470 centers our way from Boulder to the Denver airport, most recently to fly to DTW to see family nearby. This part has tolls, but it makes for a convenient ride, especially when many other roads are messy in winter. We leave Boulder on US 36 and continue to Northwest Parkway which merges into E-470. This takes us to Peña Blvd to Tower Rd to our offsite airport parking. On this particular morning, we caught a beautiful sunrise on the way. Sometimes we pass this way in the dark and sometimes into blinding sunlight. This time was perfect with just enough color. read more

E-470 Public Highway Authority - Sunrise over E-470 - Public Services & Government Near Me - Aurora, Colorado

I have lived in this area that is serviced by e470 for over 17 years and have never had an issue with my account. I do not have autopay however once my account dips below a certain amount, i am contacted by the billing department with a reminder to "charge up". Now while it doesn't cost to have a transponder/sticker tag, using the tolls can run quite a bit of money. But drivers know they have a choice. Running late to an appointment? Use 470. Have time to spare? Drive Gun Club. It's that simple. The Authority has an office just off Stephen Hogan Pkwy (former Aurora Mayor). E470 continues to make improvements, creating expansion lanes and installing deer fencing along heavily traffic routes. And the bonus? Free roadside assistance!! The location is also a good start and/or end point for riding the High Plains Trail. read more

E-470 Public Highway Authority - Public Services & Government Near Me - Aurora, Colorado

MOTORHOME'S BEWARE: If you flat tow your car behind your motorhome avoid e470 through Denver at all cost. Infact it's probably best to avoid Denver altogether. If you have both vehicles registered it will cost you $33 to use their toll road. If you drive two vehicles separately you will only pay a total $28, $14 each. If you're from out of the area or State and don't have both vehicles pre-registered with expresstoll you will pay $67 to use e470. If you have one vehicle registered tou will be charged at the non registered rate of $67. These rules also apply to vehicles towing trailers. So the Welcome to Denver tax is $67 if your an RVer. read more

Corrupt organization! They charged us for a plate & car that has nothing to do with us! We moved out of state two years ago! We informed them & they are refusing to refund our money. Absolutely the worst company! read more

Paying the toll is miserable. so many loops to jump through and the info they send doesn't even match up correctly, delaying your bill and adding more money. just another government money pit. avoid this highway at all cost the 10-20 mins saved is not worth the hours of trying to pay one bill. read more

Have not been in Colorado since I retired in 2000 from Colorado Springs. Received a bill for $55.05 saying we owe a toll. There is nothing in the letter, saying when an infraction occurred, how the information was obtained, and only puts it on us to try to prove we were not on any road in Colorado. The letter proves mail fraud as well as scam to be turned over to the FBI. Something must be done to improve a system that is broken.. read more

Minus five stars to be accurate. Got a bill from a collection agency wanting 54 dollars and change for driving E-470 in January 2024. Only I wasn't in Denver during January 2024. And never received any billing for this phantom charge previously. I did use it last month to go to the airport. And tried to pay, only the online system has no record of it. It just says something about not having an account. But they want 35 dollars to set up an account. Tried to call and get put on hold. How is this not a scam? I'll probably get a bill a year from now with all sorts of extra fees even though I've tried to pay on their idiotic system. I've used the Illinois tollways multiple times and can always go online and pay without issue within 24 hours. What's the issue with Colorado? Clueless!! read more

These people are bottom feeders that find ways to tag on additional fees and cheat you out of your money. Apparently my car traveled on one toll, which is not possible, and 5 months later without the transaction showing on my account they send me a letter adding on $20 as a collection fee. The charge did not show up on our monthly statement and the customer service agent said it wouldn't because they didn't have a valid CC on file. Trash company offering a trash service and we all allow it. read more

Not good is a vast understatement. This "authority" is a blight on Colorado. This appears to be almost an outright scam. E470s customer service is absolutely horrific, they will lie to you, hang up on you, threaten you, argue with you, and overall have no idea what they're doing or even how their own system works. The good reviews are fake, they're employees trying to make it look like this isn't just a complete scam. E470 had an almost 20 year old payment account, along with email, they were periodically sending bills to, from a toll incident 7 years ago. " They claim they use the DMV or Postal Service to keep addresses up to date, they don't!!!! Which resulted in never receiving a bill or any type of notice, yet they continue to add fees. They now want $450 for an $18 toll. And there's no way to even access their system, their phone payment system requires a document id, I never received any documents, their online system wants to verify 20 year old info I don't have. When offered the actual amount of the toll they refuse and say they can only take off $100 of their own fees, despite the error being their own. Upon review of BBB, they're doing this constantly and to everyone. Failing to get accurate address information, failing to send bills or notices, sending incorrect tolls to people. Further, they claim there's a hearing and a hearing officer has made a final judgement and even though you've never received a hearing notice, or any notice so you have no option to appear or contest. And when you call in, you cannot even verify who the hearing authority or officer is. They can't tell you anything about their hearing process. Basically, it's a lie and scam! There's no truth to anything they tell you. How much of the billions they're making of Coloradans are these false fees they charge people for their own failure to send proper notices or update their address information? They're stealing from Colorado! They are 100% not trustworthy! They are a dangerous organization, not even beholden to the state of Colorado. This so called "authority" needs to be shut down. It's not only, not, serving Coloradans, but it's doing tremendous harm. read more

A lot of charges to sit in traffic jams. Snail mail was too slow, fee almost doubled original bill. What a joke!

Horrible management and policies. 0 stars. I have been billed multiple times for the same toll even though it was payed the first time. Stay well away from any of this authority's so called jurisdiction. read more

If only I could give negative stars. Deceptive business practices, condescending and rude customer 'service'. This company needs to be reported to the attorney general. So many of our family has had these issues. For example- Getting bills five years later for over five hundred dollars for $8. In tolls. Called and tried to kindly explain I have never received a bill before this. No care, give me your money. Or, I have an account/transponder- checked it's open and cc valid- get a bill for $80 for $12 in tolls. I explained I have an open account, how would you like to pay the $80? There's more but... Scammmmm read more

In the past 2 years I have used $200 worth of tolls with E-470. I was signed up for an account with my CC attached. I have updated my address with the DMV always when I change my address. The folks at E-470 says they deactivate my account one year ago. They say they notified me via my gmail account with 4 emails. If you're like me, you get tons of spam emails and I certainly don't check spammy types of emails from toll companies. Because my account was deactivate, I incurred 200% in late fees (roughly $400). They also suspended my registration renewal with the state of CO. So, now that I didn't check my gmail account with an email from E-470 saying my account has been deactivated, I am liable for these fees. I went through their process of activating an account years ago, pre paid and gave them a CC to charge so these late fees would never occur. They're lack of communication to notify me about this seems to fraudulent, especially by feeing 200%. I have heard our Governor Pollis was putting away with these practices. I have also heard about this happening to friends, and even on the local news station. And the fact that a private company can suspend my registration renewal with the state run DMV is just wrong. If E-470 will admit that they're tactics to get payment from me were not adequate, I would be happy to pay what I owed for the tolls. I'd even take a penalty for not seeing their email. But 200% above whats owed is absolutely excessive. Did you know they take a $25 late fee, a $25 collection fee, another legal fee for every $4 something toll. I don't seem them using any sort of collection agency, either. Our Governor needs to be reminded that this is too much. Our media will be reminded if this isn't resolved. That fact they can put a hold on vehicle registration, is wrong. I feel sorry for the many who have compounded fees and can't afford to pay, then don't have a car to get to work because they are unable to registrar. Let me remind you that vehicle registration fees are taxes that go to state run highway. As I said, I'm happy to pay what is rightfully owed to this private company. read more

Absolute joke! And a terrible look for Colorado in a whole. The toll system here is scummy and gross. There is no information regarding how tolling works outside regular hov lanes!! They know what they are doing. This is a scam! read more

Wow, if I could give this business Zero Stars, I would. They MAY be legit, but their practices are far from ethical. The business is based in CO, and I live in MN, and have never driven in CO. I've received multiple bills with increasing penalties stating that they caught my car on a camera driving through a toll. After wasting a couple hours of my life they said, "Oops, our mistake...we'll remove you from our system." Never mind that they somehow gathered quite a bit of my personal info including part of my SSN, make of car, license plate, etc. How they did this I don't know. I'm guessing that some person or team has a fat incentive structure that rewards them for bills paid, whether they are legitimate, or not. They're obviously aggressively trying to get revenue from anyone who MAY have traveled to Colorado. How they thought that my car was in CO when I've never driven there is disturbing. It looks like my travel plans this year for MT, WY and SD were a good choice. Avoid CO and the E-470 highway if you can. read more

E-470 Public Highway Authority - Open Immediately...this is urgent...you owe us money! - Public Services & Government Near Me - Aurora, Colorado

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This road is very deceiving! Been on our fair share of toll roads and this was bad! There were no signs explaining what the road was and unfortunately our directions did not have this listed as a toll road either. We did not see a sign about the road being a toll one until we were trapped and couldn't get off. When looking into how we will get charged for our unfortunate interaction with this road, there is no way to make an account without putting money into it. I will never travel this road again EVER. I don't want to have an on-going account and I don't want a transponder but that is required when trying to setup an account. Just want to pay the bill for the toll of the time we were accidentally on the road. Unfortunately, it sounds like we have to wait for a mailed statement that may or may not come in a timely manner based on other reviews. Why can't this ridiculous road have a cash/card booth to pay like others? This cashless drive through take your plate picture thing is ridiculous! So many mistakes can happen with this type of system and technology plus the delayed process. At least if you trap people on a road like this let us just pay the dang toll easily and efficiently with no account sign up or issues. Now we will have to wait for the bill and what sounds like a lot of hassle to come..... Never again visiting or passing through Colorado. read more

Total scum bag company. I am literally receiving tolls over year later for cars I don't even own anymore. They will claim to send you toll fees in the mail, but you will never receive them, so they will charge you late fees, and when you call in they will act like they are doing you a favor by waiving half of the late fee. So they can take over a year to get the toll out to me, but I've got a week to pay it. Seems fair. This is a total scam hiding in plain sight. Sending you out bills months- years later, and sometimes even double charging, but its so long ago how can I remember exactly. You just have to trust you're not getting ripped off. And what are we going to do? take them to court over $15 in tolls? Total scam. I advise when you get a toll, keep every little record you have about it, because a year later they will probably try and charge you again for that toll and if you don't have all that proof, there is basically nothing you can do. read more

My husband received a bill for $895 Totally insane!!!!! we have used this road a few times because we are new to Colorado, and we were not aware of this mess. In most states they have toll booth, so you know what you are facing. This is so crazy!!!!! Please note it took a year to get this notice and they put a hold his registration. Scammers!!!!!! read more

Total scam. I took the toll road one time. I paid on www.expresstoll.com and they made me pay AGAIN on www.go-pass.com. If you call them and tell them there's a mistake, they will literally laugh at you like they did to me. They know you're not going to go to court and spend a year fighting a toll bill while they fine you hundreds of dollars, send you to collections, put a stop on your vehicle registration, etc. I'm sure the traffic court judge (or whomever) who is getting paid with my tax money is really going to throw the book at the E470 scam artists. read more

I had a reply to this...please read...now let's ask e470 why they buy one special pile of stuff to put on the roads....waste the entire amount they say....and yet the first snow they get on the news and say...we used all the special stuff for the year. If it's that expensive...only enough for one snow fall ..I want to see your books! Because I would fire anyone who bought one pile of whatever evey year and it can only last for one snow fall ...yeh...your books are cooked. I am retired military and the only thing I have to say... That dog don't hunt! Still waiting for construction to be done so we can stop paying tolls....you know...what you promised when you put them up...now you can't go places for less then 2.50....to get off an exit. The American monopoly...starving out the poor to stay rich. This place needs an investigation on how it spends money...and if you give out bonuses with tax payer money...you should all go to jail. Contacting local FBI to look into your pricing and accounts... enough is enough. read more

Driving on 470, I purposefully entered the express lane when I saw the dotted line. A few seconds later I realized the dotted line was to veer drivers off the express lane. Got a ticket for $75.00 and was charged $150 for not responding within 30 days. I asked for forgiveness since this truly was an honest mistake. The fee was lowered to $75.00 without communication and no ability to further dispute the matter. Greedy tactic to circumvent an honest mistake. read more

You get a zero for harassing me over an incorrectly billed toll. My husband passed away last year. We have not driven anywhere in Colorado!! Disgusting or Scam? read more

Yes, E-470 is awful! Unfortunately, I have to travel it daily for work but regret it monthly when I get my bill. I have a request into them as to why they are billing my credit card for a car that I did not mine. E-470 is 47 miles long and it costs $22.55 from beginning to end. No service stations - gas, food, etc. In comparison, The Mass Turnpike is 138 miles long and costs $13.55 to travel the entire length of the road with nine service stations along the route. The Garden State Parkway is 117 miles long and is $18.85 to travel that entire route. This is an organization riddled with travel scandals, numerous reports of billing errors and unpatrolled roads with overaggressive drivers. There is zero accountability for this organization. read more

E470 is a joke! they have your debit or credit card info, than claim the card on file was declined than tack on late fee's. This happened twice, when contacting the agents they talk down to you and make you feel like you have no other options and you are at fault, additionally they love to act like they're doing you a favor. I filed a complaint with the Attorney General's office. Hoping they can identify these unethical business practices. read more

The way they treat they customers is crazy i use to work here and all it is a money hungry road.... please avoid taking the tolls and dealing with e470 or any toll road in colorado oh company is trash too just like they treat they customers like trash they treat employees just the same LIKE TRASH thats why you dont get good customer service when you call majority of the EMPLOYEES dont know what their doing read more

I was passing thru the State of Co via boulder to Fl. Unfortunately there was poor signage and poor turnaround so I got struck on their toll road ramp exit and had to pay it $2.05 just to turn around to go back where I came from. The License Plate Toll service provider could not waive my fee because it was not construction. A waste of money and an annoyance that I need to pay to an exit that I did not want to use when I got struck in this congested commuting hours of E-470. Thankfully I didn't have to pay another fee to pay the fee. Definitely a sour taste in my mouth in visiting this state. For next time, make sure your avoid toll option is on for your GPS mapping app. I definitely won't be moving to CO when they nickel and dime its residents. Colorado might be rated as a top 20 places to live but it is the hidden costs that annoyed people. read more

How is it possible that I have never set foot in Colorado and this establishment is charging me a toll fee. My car has never left the state of California. Is this a way for Colorado to get my financial information in order to extort additional money from me down the line? From the many complaints like mine, I see this is a common practice and will seek out legal representation going forward. read more

Whatever you do don't go there. It' gonna cost you $25. Stay on #25 or go through Denver. They only show you the first toll price. But they are hiding the 4 more charges. Scam!!!!!!!!!!! read more

Giving this road 1 star is totally unfair. Especially when you consider a lot of people posting about this road are misinformed or just complaining about the cost. The road is not "taxpayer-funded" and anyone telling you that it is wrong. Nobody wants to pay taxes but then they turn around and say they also don't want to pay a user fee. HOW DO YOU THINK INFRASTRUCTURE GETS BUILT? Leprechauns granting wishes to the state? It's fair to say it's a little more expensive than most toll roads but it's also providing a lot more service and is more technologically advanced than 99% of the roads out there. People these days seem to have a problem understanding that any service that provides a quality experience is going to cost something. E-470 is clean, safe and easy to use. It's also easy to pay for using ExpressToll. The customer service is great when and if you have a problem, they usually fix it. "I didn't know it was a toll road." - Signed, A Liar who Lies YEAH RIGHT. If you got a bill and didn't know you were on a toll road after you drove on it, then get glasses because you shouldn't be driving if you clearly can't read signs that are everywhere including all the on-ramps. You're endangering other drivers. But probably you're just lying to yourself or others. Nobody jumps on yelp to leave GOOD reviews, just the sad butthurt people that didn't pay for a service they know they used and wondered why they got a bill in the mail. read more

White Collar Criminals doing what they do best. Got a Lovely $200 "Surprise " when trying to renew my tags this month. Turns out when you update your address with the DMV, the E-470 and DMV conveniently don't speak with one another. You just have to hope you can remember or write down that you went through a toll while driving. They just keep sending paper bills into the nether space making you take responsibility for their lack of communication. That way it's convenient for them to pretend like a person is ignoring bills. What's funnier, I have the same license plate, name and vehicle with the new address in account with these losers. they've had NO problem sending bills with the license plate and name on the current address. FOR OVER TWO YEARS. Never got an email, notification... nothing They seriously need a class action filed against them. Screw You E-470 toll crooks. read more

I rented a car in Oregon. It had Colorado plates. I never drove to Colorado. I just received an invoice for $51.40 for tolls. Again, I was not in Colorado. Is this company a complete fraud or is their technology just so pitiful. I called the company that handles the tolls for Hertz and I called E-470. The woman was very nice and said they will investigate. I have news for you, E-470, I will just file a Dispute with the credit card company and you can waste your time with Citibank. I hope you rot in hell. Have a nice day. Thanks for responding to my review. As I told you, I have filed a dispute with Citibank. I suggest that you contact them as your false charges are being removed from my credit card. Also, I am sending them all of my hotel receipts. However, unfortunately for you, almost everything I spent on this trip was charged to this credit card. Therefore, they can easily see that the car was not in Colorado. I guess you will argue that I drove all night to go thru your tolls and drove back to the state that I was staying in on 5 different occasions. Good luck with your arguments. To paraphrase Tom Hanks, "So I ask you again, are you a fraudulent company or do you just have the worst technology in the world"? read more

Way over priced I will never use and wish everyone would BOYCOTT to run E470 out of business Gave it 1 star because you can't give it zZERO STARS read more

This system is awful. They send you a bill and claim it is easy to pay online. But then you put in your statement number, license plate number and zip code in the website, and it claims there is no record of that statement or account. Should be as simple as putting in your statement number then billing info and that's it. read more

Update on previous review. They call ed after my post and offered for me to sign up for their monthly and I would get a discount. I told them no as the billing was not right and I wanted it fixed. Hired an attorney. Their collections attorney did not even respond to an attorney's letter or call. This is a scam and and a joke for a public service. I refuse to pay the amount in dispute. They are not tacking on late fees. They will not respond to correspondence. E-470....read carefully: If you do not respond to the depute through my attorney and damage my credit, I will look forward to your help with providing for my retirement. read more

Imagine an organization that sends you a list of charges and balance due but omits any record of payments received. Imagine a company that requires you maintain a positive balance of $35.00 in your account at all times. Imagine a company that receives a letter that states you want to dispute balance due and have a hearing, then issues a letter that declares the hearing has been concluded and you have been found responsible for all charges. Now, this same company says you will not be able to renew your vehicle registration until you pay the amount due determined by hearing to which you were never summoned to testify!!. Ladies and Gentlemen let me introduce you to E-470 Public Highway Authority! PS. My wife and I have maintained credit scores of 800+ for years. My feeling is hundreds of citizens are being abused by an incompetent gov't authority! I would appreciate your thoughts. read more

Received a notice this am, that I needed to update my card on their system. Have been trying since 8 am this morning to do this. It's 3:03 pm now. Could not access the website because it was malfunctioning this am as well. Presently I am on a 14-min hold...while I got a second email, SAME day, reminding me they want their DAM CREDIT CARD INFORMATION...not that I owe them anything, they just want my card number to charge me in the future... THAT IS if I use their toll road again...!!! Money GRUBBING!!!!. read more

We just had a toll fee come in the mail for one of our cars that hasn't been driven since the beginning of June it's now August and their saying we drove on it in the beginning of July. We live in California we haven't been to Colorado in 8 years and their phones don't work what so ever. If you get a toll fee from them just send it back! read more

There was no warning that this is the most expensive toll road in the country that I have ever been on. A suggestion for CDOT and Google maps - every sign for the road should very clearly say what the cost of the road is for the whole length. I couldn't believe one trip on the road cost me more than $35. Out of of towners BEWARE. read more

Yelp pulled my original review, so here's the clean version: Do not travel this road! They are crooks. They charged me a late fee, with no way to argue or fight it, then they tacked on $100 bucks in"civil penalties". It cost me $130 bucks to drive 5 miles. There is no recourse for the people who get tagged with these fines. read more

My 72 yo mother in south Texas received a toll bill for $4.77...my parents haven't left their little city in years much less travelled through or near Colorado. It's a scam! read more