Colorado roads debate still hanging with session ending
Colorado lawmakers from both parties declared the improvement of the state’s 1950s-designed road network a top priority when they convened in January.
Facing a midnight Wednesday deadline to pass legislation, they’ve yet to deliver.
It’s a matter of public spending philosophies as much as it is limited state resources.
The Democrat-led House passed a bill to free roads spending from constitutional spending limits.
The Republican-led Senate passed a bill to issue new bonds for highway construction.
Neither bill has been taken up by the opposite chamber.
Truckers, commuters and chambers of commerce are frustrated with the standstill.
