Local governments would be able to limit wintertime access to snowpacked roads under their jurisdiction to non-motorized travel, under a bill introduced by two southwestern Colorado legislators.

House Bill 1046, sponsored by Rep. Barbara McLachlan, D-Durango, and Rep. Marc Catlin, R-Montrose, would allow counties and municipalities to designate all or a portion of a road for over-snow use only when snowpacked conditions exist on that road, or for a continuous seasonal period when snowpacked condi...