transportation funding
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Q&A w/Tony Milo | ‘Voters are fed up with sitting in traffic’
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Think of Tony Milo as Colorado’s Lorax. Only, instead of speaking for the trees like the fabled Dr. Seuss character, Milo advocates relentlessly for the state’s infrastructure. As executive director of the Colorado Contractors Association, he is the point man in the perennial push for more funding to highways, bridges and other wide-ranging public works.…
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Senate sends transportation funding bill to the governor
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None of the Republicans in the state House of Representatives supported it earlier in the day, but Senate Republicans collected a unanimous vote Tuesday night to send a bill to the governor that will eventually put almost $3 billion into the state’s beleaguered transportation system. Senate Bill 1 puts $495 million into roads, bridges and…
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Colorado House advances transportation compromise
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The Colorado House of Representatives on Monday evening gave preliminary approval to a transportation compromise worked out by Democratic and Republican leaders in the legislature. Senate Bill 1 calls for an additional $50 million annually in transportation spending, as well as money from last year’s Senate Bill 267 to borrow $2.35 billion. The bill depends on $495…
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Transportation funding bill continues to change as session winds down
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Instead of inking a final deal to pay for transportation, a Colorado House committee was still using pencils with big erasers Wednesday afternoon, as Senate Bill 1 continued to undulate with amendments between to fix highways while ensuring education money doesn’t help cover the cost. But because the House planned to convene Wednesday night, the…
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INSIGHTS: Proposed transportation tax hike pondered in a chamber of secrets
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In November, Colorado voters could be asked to approve as much as a penny-per-dollar sales tax to support transportation. Taxpayers will have to trust that the debate that led to the request was thoughtful and the tax hike is, indeed, necessary, before the ad campaign begins. They will need to believe this tax hike was…
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Denver chamber-led coalition plots transportation tax strategy at private meeting
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Colorado business and civic leaders along with elected officials met in private Thursday afternoon at the headquarters of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce to talk about a potential request to voters to raise sales taxes statewide for transportation. Leading a statewide coalition of business and elected leaders, the Denver chamber has filed paperwork on a…
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Colorado Concern has a radio message for lawmakers: Fix roads
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DENVER – The business alliance Colorado Concern has a message for state lawmakers coming to a car radio (and traffic jam) near you: Make a deal to fund transportation. The organization is spending $25,000 to run that message during morning and afternoon drive-times on far-reaching Denver AM radio stations 850 KOA and 630 KHOW, including…
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Colorado Senate amendment would push transportation tax vote to 2019
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DENVER – Amendments to a critical transportation funding bill Wednesday night trimmed a request from the state budget to $250 million a year and delayed the request for permission from voters until November 2019. The Colorado Senate has been wrestling with Senate Bill 1 for a week. The legislation would tap the state budget ea each…
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Colorado transportation funding bill delayed another day
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DENVER – A vote on a bill to put at least $300 million into transportation each year was delayed for another day in the Colorado Senate Tuesday. A vote could occur on Wednesday. A revenue forecast that indicated the state is flush with money from its booming economy and more proposed amendments from Democrats prompted the…
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Transportation bill stalls, as Colorado Senate Democrats filibuster
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Colorado Senate Democrats continued their attempts to amend a bill that would tie up $300 million a year from the state budget for transportation. Republicans played defense and ultimately passed Senate Bill 1 postponed to a third day of debate next Tuesday. If Republicans pass the legislation on a recorded vote with their one-seat majority,…