Mayor of Colorado Says Highways Need More Money

[roberth]

Echoing a local fishwrap article from a year ago about raising the gas taxes because the pump price is dropping....what about when the the pump price goes back up, will they reduce the gas tax.

http://kdvr.com/2016/01/13/colorado-...-address-2016/

The money needed most is for growth and expanding highways, and adding lanes as well as maintaining crumbling roads and bridges.

Travel on our highways has increased 42% in the last 20 years. But the capacity of our highway system has only grown 2%. Even an English major like me can do that math. It seems we’ve discovered the formula for congestion.
Nearly all of CDOT’s budget is dedicated to maintaining our current system, which puts critical upgrades out of reach.
Add to the equation 2 million more residents projected to join us over the next 20 years, and we’ve got a math problem. Our population grew by over 100,000 last year alone, so we need to invest now to ease congestion and mobility for today and tomorrow.
We have transportation issues up and down I-25, along I-70 and other high-volume traffic corridors throughout the state.
If we’re going to get these projects done, we must find new funding sources and leverage partnerships to pay for them.
Some have suggested a version of TRANS bonds as an option, but without new revenue, that’s like trying to drive your new truck across the state with a dollar’s worth of gas.
This is a challenge that will only get more daunting as each day passes. Let’s find a way to permanently put new money toward roads so we can truly solve Colorado’s transportation problems.

[Irving]

Shouldn't have allocated all that additional money to Medicade.

[roberth]

What about all the dope money they didn't have until recently, why can't that be used for roads?

[68Charger]

BOHICA
I'm thinking they feel empowered because all the tax increases on the ballots were passed statewide, so there is more untapped taxable income available (in their view)

[Zundfolge]

Just imagine what these people would be doing to us without TABOR.

[Great-Kazoo]

Just imagine what these people would be doing to us without TABOR.

Amen to that. We'd be californicated in to brokeville.

[Ah Pook]

Echoing a local fishwrap article from a year ago about raising the gas taxes because the pump price is dropping....what about when the the pump price goes back up, will they reduce the gas tax.

The taxes on a gallon of gas are static, aren't they?

[68Charger]

The taxes on a gallon of gas are static, aren't they?

yes- but since when does the truth get in the way of journalism or Democrats?

[roberth]

The taxes on a gallon of gas are static, aren't they?

yes- but since when does the truth get in the way of journalism or Democrats?

Yes, 22 cents for Colorado and 18.4 cents to the Feds (40.4 cents per gallon), the government makes WAY more money on a gallon of gas than the oil companies.

[SamuraiCO]

Yes, 22 cents for Colorado and 18.4 cents to the Feds (40.4 cents per gallon), the government makes WAY more money on a gallon of gas than the oil companies.

With lower gas prices we drive more and more trucks/SUV's are being sold but that is bad...ie climate change. With prices where they are at and how much oil and natural gas we have there should not be such a buzzkill for vehicles the EPA and climate fools put forth.

We are always told we are not paying our fair share. The R's caved and allowed taxes to go up for the "rich". Record revenues coming into the Fed and they still keep spending more than they take in. It is never revenue it is spending. Federally and States have gradually shifted spending from infrastructure spending to income redistribution. Less money for roads, bridges, education and always fighting the 800lb gorilla in the room, Medicaid at the state level, Medicare and SS at the federal level.

Here in CO we see the knots they have tied ourselves into where they raise taxes outside of TABOR then can't spend all the money and do not want to return it and have a fiscal responsible budget.