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The Aurora Sentinel editorial: Let’s get this show on the crumbling road — send HB 1242 road tax to voters

By 04/12/2017 | updated 8 years ago

This is where the reality hits the road, Colorado.

We must raise taxes to fix the state’s failing and overwhelmed transportation infrastructure or suffer in ways we haven’t even imagined.

Sound dire? It is. Actually, the lack of lanes, crumbling bridges and dilapidated roads were dire about 10 years ago across the state, and especially in Colorado’s largest, overused metro areas. The condition of roads and highways and shortage of lanes is now critical.

We are out of money. We are out of time. And the majority of Colorado taxpayers are out of patience.

Read more at The Aurora Sentinel.

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