Front Range Passenger Rail Puts Sales Tax on Ballot to Fund Colorado Connector Expansion
The tax would raise about $295 million a year to fund the Colorado Connector and extend service to Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
- On Friday, the Front Range Passenger Rail District Board of Directors voted 14-1 to place a 0.333% sales tax measure on the November ballot to fund the Colorado Connector passenger train service.
- Front Range Passenger Rail District Board Chair John Putnam called Interstate 25 a "single point of failure" for the economy, arguing the district needs funding to provide redundancy, resiliency, and transit options while reducing congestion.
- If approved, the tax would add 33 cents to every $100 spent, generating nearly $295 million annually to fund 12 planned permanent stops along the I-25 corridor.
- Scheduled for 2029, northern service between Denver and Fort Collins would launch first, followed by a southern extension to Pueblo by 2032 if voters approve the tax.
- El Paso County Commissioner Cory Applegate cast the sole dissenting vote, while former RTD director Natalie Menten opposed the measure, citing concerns over historical transit project delays like FasTracks.
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The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Front Range cities will vote on tax measure to fund Colorado Connector rail service
The fate of a decades-long effort to restore intercity passenger rail service to the Front Range is now in the hands of Colorado voters. The board of the Front Range Passenger Rail District voted 14-1 Friday to refer a sales…
Boulder Weekly
Berthoud Weekly SurveyorPassenger rail sales tax approved for November ballot
A conceptual rendering of the Colorado Connector, the passenger rail service that is envisioned to connect the state’s major cities along the Front Range. The Board of Directors of the Front Range Passenger Rail District approved a November ballot measure, asking voters to approve a tax increase estimated to raise $295 million annually to fund The post Passenger rail sales tax approved for November ballot appeared first on Boulder Weekly.
Front Range voters will be asked to approve sales tax hike to pay for train between Fort Collins and Pueblo
The Front Range Passenger Rail District’s board of directors voted to ask for a 33-cent sales tax increase on every $100 spent to raise $295 million a year for Colorado Connector
Denver Post
The Fort Morgan TimesFront Range Passenger Rail puts sales tax on ballot to fund Colorado Connector expansion
Front Range residents will vote on a sales tax to expand the Colorado Connector between Denver, Littleton, Sterling Ranch, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
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