May 3, 2016 | The Denver Post | Monte Whaley, 720-929-0907, mwhaley@denverpost.com or @montewhaley
Roughly $3.5 billion in bonding would fund 45 much-needed road and bridge projects across Colorado including the Interstate 70 mountain corridor under a bill introduced late Monday in the state legislature.
The measure — dubbed the Fix Colorado Roads Act — seeks to establish a “sustainable solution to Colorado’s transportation funding crisis,” say the bill’s backers.
They hope to put the 20-year bond program proposal on the November 2016 ballot for the voters to decide.
The bill, Senate Bill 210, would put Colorado on par with other states which dip regularly in their general fund revenues to help maintain and build transportation infrastructure, said David May, president of CEO of the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce and a proponent of widening of Interstate 25 north of Denver.