Tag: Colorado Roads
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Perspective: Still no fix for our roads
Once again, the General Assembly kicked the can down a congested, potholed roadway when it came to providing a fix for Colorado’s highway system. At the end of the session, the legislature did finally pass a measure regarding transportation funding, the Transportation Funding Adjustments Act (HB 26-1430). That measure, though, was more of a knee-jerk reaction to a ballot proposal, Proposition…
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Colorado legislature wraps up tough budget year
Colorado lawmakers are wrapping up their work on Wednesday, closing out a year defined by the lack of fiscal flexibility, woes over Medicaid spending and a staccato of action on a host of issues, ranging from artificial intelligence regulation to a failed attempt to decriminalize prostitution. For the second consecutive year, the Democratic‑controlled legislature confronted…
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Colorado needs another Bill Owens — who kept our roads maintained | Dick Wadhams
The silence is deafening within the Democratic primary for governor on the need to build and improve roads in Colorado after 20 years of neglect. The Democratic contestants, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser, talk about liberal touchstones such as mass transit and bike lanes that few Coloradans find practical to use. Try to…
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PERSPECTIVE: Restoring Colorado’s roads
Colorado’s roads are crumbling, and the problem stretches far beyond potholes and cracked pavement. Whether you live in the rural valleys of the Western Slope or the bustling neighborhoods along the Front Range, our state’s transportation system is in critical condition. The reasons for the years of neglect are relatively straightforward. The state’s gas tax,…
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Polis to attend signing of bipartisan infrastructure bill at White House
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis will attend the signing of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill at the White House on Monday, adding to the group of bipartisan lawmakers set to be present at President Joe Biden’s ceremony. Polis announced his attendance Sunday, saying he was one of…