transportation funding
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Colorado’s I-70 Floyd Hill Project awarded $100 million in federal grant
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A federal grant program awarded Colorado $100 million to fund infrastructure improvements to the Interstate 70 Mountain Corridor. The Colorado Department of Transportation announced the award Friday from the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects grant program. The funds will go to the I-70 Floyd Hill Project, which plans to address traffic and safety…
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Winners and losers in Colorado’s 2018 election
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Elections are decisions, and Colorado voters clearly favored some over others this year. Here’s Colorado Politics’ take on who came out on top in the Colorado midterms. WINNERS Democrats The blue wave was a bit choppy nationally. Democrats captured the U.S. House and gained several governorships, while Republicans held onto the U.S. Senate. But in…
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The eco-friendly case for a statewide transportation tax hike
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Why is the state’s largest grassroots environmental advocacy group urging you to vote yes on Proposition 110? The Sierra Club, Colorado’s largest grassroots group committed to protecting our air, water, land and people, has voted to endorse Proposition 110. Why are we weighing in on transportation? Well, the cars and trucks we drive (and getting…
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Poll: Voters favor no-new-tax transportation fix over tax-hike plan
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Colorado voters aren’t in the mood to raise the state sales tax to pay for broad swatch of transportation solutions, a new poll indicates. Just 35 percent of likely voters said they would support Proposition 110, billed by supporters as “Let’s Go, Colorado,” to hike the sales tax by 0.62 cents for state, local and…
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Fix Our Damn Roads: No-new-taxes plan makes the Colorado ballot
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The first of two potential questions on paying for transportation qualified for Colorado’s November ballot Wednesday. Called Fix Our Damn Roads, it’s the one that doesn’t include a tax hike. The Secretary of State’s Office is still counting petitions for another question, which asks voters for a 0.62 percent boost in the state sales tax,…
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Transportation tax advocates plan Monday rally over petitions
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The coalition Let’s Go Colorado is expected to announce Monday morning that it has turned in enough petitions to get a 0.62 statewide sales tax on the November ballot to pay for transportation. The Secretary of State’s Office will need to approve at least 98,492 valid signatures from registered voters to certify the measure. The…
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Colorado Springs Mayor Suthers endorses Fix Our Damn Roads
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Colorado’s former attorney general and Colorado Springs’ current mayor favors using existing tax money over new taxes to fix Colorado’s roads. Jon Caldara announced Friday that John Suthers had endorsed the proposed ballot measure to force the state legislature to put $3.5 billion into transportation improvements, including widening Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 to address…
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IN RESPONSE | Don’t sell short the big tent of the two-party system
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I was cruising right along through Miller Hudson’s essay (“Is independent thought making a comeback at the legislature?” May 29) until I came to his surprising conclusion – that the breakthroughs achieved by the state legislature in the last two sessions would somehow multiply if independent or third-party candidates win more seats in the election…
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HUDSON | Is independent thought making a comeback at the legislature?
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There were several flashes of bipartisan compromise at the close of the legislative session that provide a glimmer of hope for the emergence of a Colorado First political majority. It’s not a sure thing by a long shot, but it feels like our major political parties are starting to respond to pressure from voters who…
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Q&A with Marc Williams | Arvada’s mayor wants statewide transportation solution
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No one has to tell Denver-area mayors there’s a traffic problem in the booming and sprawling metroplex. Over at the State Capitol, it may still be a partisan issue – “their transportation plan” vs. “ours” – but for Colorado’s nonpartisan mayors, politics takes a back seat to the need for a viable, lasting solution. Just…
