Transportation Bonds. Bipartisan Support. Centennial State.

Colorado legislature is gaining bipartisan support for fudning state transportation via bonds. The info you need:

• Colorado is falling behind on transportation funding every year
• A Republican, chair of Senate Transportation Committee, has a $5.5 billion bond package that would require voter approval
• The bond package has bipartisan support
• The bond package does not dedicate funding for bond service
• Some opposition is rooted in future budget writers will have less revenue to compensate for debt service on the transportation bonds

Colorado Springs Gazette | Transportation funding proposal reveals rift remains in Legislature