New toll lanes for I-25

[XJ]

http://gazette.com/toll-lanes-are-be...rticle/1616530

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/04...rock-monument/


More taxes siphoned off for Lexus Lanes


It is tough to tell with all the marketing jargon, but some quick googling indicates that Hick's outgoing CDOT head guy is moving to a DC think-tank that advocates for things like...wait for it...toll roads.

[KevDen2005]

This state and the damn toll roads. It's getting irritating.

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Pay to build the road
Pay to maintain the road
Pay to drive the road


No sympathy from me anymore. Coloradans are made of money, look at how they vote! 4% income tax needs to increase too IMHO. Too many nice cars on these roads. That money could be wasted on public education!

[Rumline]

Hopefully the El Paso County guy will be able to resist this:

El Paso County Commissioner Mark Waller said he's advocating for El Paso County to put another $9 million toward the project through its regular budgeting process this year and next.

Waller, a key player in getting the recently approved funding requests on the November ballot, said he's heard from constituents who aren't pleased with the idea of widening the interstate with toll roads. "We've identified the $350 million necessary to get this project moving forward," he said after Monday's media briefing. "I haven't seen a capital construction need for tolling to make this project work."

ETA: we need to show up and argue against tolls:

CDOT will hold two open houses for the project this week. The first will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kirk Hall at the Douglas County Fairgrounds; the second will be 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the El Paso County Office of Emergency Management, 3755 Mark Dabling Boulevard

[Zundfolge]

Wait a minute ... didn't we just vote to let them keep our Tabor refund specifically to widen I-25? Now they need OTHER forms of funding?

Bloody thieves.

[CS1983]

Remember that time we overthrew the world's leading empire for a taxation scheme which looks absolutely benign in comparison to modern American taxation?

Pepperidge Farm remembers

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Remember that time we overthrew the world's leading empire for a taxation scheme which looks absolutely benign in comparison to modern American taxation?

Pepperidge Farm remembers

And what was that outrageous tax rate again?

[CS1983]

An egregious, royal-head rolling 2%, give or take.

[3beansalad]

Why anyone voted for this I don't understand. Give the gov't a dollar and they come back asking for two. The shortsightedness of Colorado Springs voters this year is dumbfounding.

All this on top of the Colorado Springs sales tax rate of 8.25% plus a common PIF that ranges from .75 - 2.75%

[Ronin13]

My wife and I have discussed this a lot, considering we live near the north part of E-470 (and the soon-to-be-built completion project, the Jefferson Parkway) and US36. She's from FL, where most major highways are toll roads (full roads, not lanes), but they don't pay a state income tax. If you can't utilize the funds you're already getting properly, then perhaps you need to learn to better manage your money. We pay taxes to go to roads, but that money is spent elsewhere. Someone needs to figure this out, as the roads in CO are awful. I think we recently hit the top 10 for worst roads in America.