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COLORADO PERSPECTIVE
Cathy Shull
Board of Directors
Ports-to-Plains Alliance
Colorado Transportation Funding Efforts
Colorado Transportation Commission
SB 228 Project List
Strategic projects recommended by staff as candidates for funding should SB 228 funds be available and discuss the current status of SB 228 funding
Colorado Transportation Funding Efforts
Colorado Transportation CommissionSB 228 Project List
US 287: Lamar Reliever Route Phased construction of new 2‐lane roadway.
Truck bypass on important Ports to Plains Freight
Corridor.
$75 million
Colorado Transportation Funding Efforts
Colorado Transportation CommissionSB 228 Project List
SH 71: I‐76 to I‐70
Congressionally designated high priority corridor (Heartland Expressway). Will add
shoulders and improve roadway to Super 2.
Improvements will attract truck traffic away from I‐25 and other corridors.
$100 million
Colorado Transportation Funding EffortsColorado Transportation Commission
SB 228 Project List
I‐70 East: I‐25 to I‐270
SDEIS ultimate alternative is expansion and reconstruction of I‐70 from Brighton Blvd to Tower Road. Final EIS will be completed for ultimate alternative but will include a fiscally constrained phased construction
approach. First construction phase will be reconstruction of I‐70 from Brighton Blvd to I‐270,
including managed lanes.
Critical project of statewide significance. Major corridor of state and national significance, and major truck
route. High mobility and economic benefits.
$271 million
Colorado Transportation Funding Efforts
SB 15-272 --- TRANS II
$3.5 BILLION. STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
NO NEW TAXES
Bonding with no new revenue
source
Colorado Transportation Funding Efforts
SB 15-272 --- TRANS II
IN THE STATE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR, CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN
INTERSTATE 76 AND THE WYOMING [sic] STATE LINE
IN THE INTERSTATE 70 EAST CORRIDOR
IN THE U.S. HIGHWAY 287 CORRIDOR, PHASED ONSTRUCTION -OF A NEW TWO-LANE LAMAR
RELIEVER ROUTE
Colorado Transportation Funding Efforts
SB 15-272 --- TRANS II
IN THE STATE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR, CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN
INTERSTATE 76 AND THE WYOMING [sic] STATE LINE
IN THE INTERSTATE 70 EAST CORRIDOR
IN THE U.S. HIGHWAY 287 CORRIDOR, PHASED CONSTRUCTION -OF A NEW TWO-LANE LAMAR
RELIEVER ROUTE
Failed
Colorado Transportation Funding Efforts
Governor Hickenlooper’s Five Point Plan
Convert Hospital Provider Fee to a fee that is collected in an enterprise fund rather
than paid into General Fund.
Hospital Provider Fee change allows the full transfer to transportation to occur -
estimated at approximately $215 million in FY 2016-17.
Colorado Transportation Funding Efforts
Governor Hickenlooper’s Five Point Plan
Would any of these funds been used for
Ports-to-Plains / Heartland Expressway?
Probably not!
Colorado Transportation Funding Efforts
Governor Hickenlooper’s Five Point Plan
Would any of these funds been used for
Ports-to-Plains / Heartland Expressway?
Probably not!
Failed
Colorado Transportation Funding Efforts
Where did this get us?
Recognition that Heartland Expressway has the opportunity to move freight traffic off Interstate 25 North
Identification by Colorado Transportation Commission of $446 million for Ports-to-Plains / Heartland Expressway as part of the Strategic Transportation Investment Program
Legislature and Governor both recognized the need for transportation infrastructure
Industry groups are coming together to discuss a ballot initiative that would provide new revenue to meet the $3.5 billion bonding program.
How Should Rural Colorado Respond?
Viability of Fuel Tax RevenueInflation• Federal Fuel Tax unchanged at
18.4 cents per gallon since 1993 and is not indexed to inflation.
• To have same purchasing power, it would be 29 cents per gallon.
• Colorado Fuel Tax unchanged at 22 cents per gallon since 1992 and is not indexed to inflation
Viability of Fuel Tax RevenueFuel Efficiency Standards
CAFÉ Standard:• Requires 54.5 mpg by 2025• 21% erosion in fuel tax
revenues by 2040
Viability of Fuel Tax Revenue
A 50 % increase in fuel efficiency allows the same vehicle to travel twice
as far on a tank of fuel.Meanwhile the number of vehicles not
using gas or diesel will increase dramatically
Viability of Fuel Tax Revenue In 1993:Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.16 Movie Ticket $4.14 Average cost of new car $12,750.00 Loaf of Bread $1.57 Tuition to Harvard University $23,514.00
Tax on a 20 gallon tank of Gas $8.08Tax on a 20 gallon tank of Gas Today $8.08Have the other prices stayed the
same?
Rural Colorado must ask itself?
What happens to the statewide transportation
system if urban areas move to create Regional
Transportation Authorities (RTAs)?
RTAs which:• Tax only the urban region and can
be spent only in the urban region
• Provide no funding for the statewide system• Which does not change how CDOT shares statewide revenues, i.e. rural areas get no additional funding• Which provides no additional shared revenues for municipalities or counties?Rural Colorado must get on board
supporting new statewide revenue for transportation
The implications of RTA’s will last for generations of rural
communities
Two years from now the decision will be made:
RTAs will address Urban Transportation Needs
Or
A statewide revenue source will be approved
Contact Information
Cathy Shull Joe KielyExecutive Director Vice President of OperationsProgressive 15 Ports-to-Plains Alliance
970-867-9167 [email protected] [email protected]
