written statement was submitted to the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission July 9.
Among the arguments that the two groups make is that the trip-reduction program is too aggressive and is based on baseline numbers that are not accurate. They contend that the program would require reductions far greater than any achieved in similar programs.
The NCLA, which lobbies on behalf of the chambers of commerce in Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland, said that about 2,600 companies across the Denver area and the North Front Range, including 350 in Larimer and Weld County, would be required to comply with the pending rules by April 2022. If approved, the program would require companies with more than 100 employees at a single worksite to:
A funny thing happened at the Colorado Senate Finance Committee meeting last week. A transportation policy meeting broke out, carrying an environmental debate on its back.
And yet they we were talking about the Taxpayerâs Bill of Rights, climate change, carpool lanes, seed money for Front Range rail and kicking the can down the road into a pothole for nearly eight hours.
Welcome to the way Colorado handles a service every one of us depend on every day. That one hearing looked like a greatest hits collection of why we canât have nice things.
Sen. Steve Fenberg is admirably pitching the most serious attempt Iâve seen in the 20 years I ve lived in this state to fill a deep hole in transportation needs, growth planning and collective cynicism.
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Shoshana Lew, director of the Colorado Department of Transportation, speaks at a ceremony to sign House Bill 110 to fund safe revitalization of main streets in Golden on Friday, March 19, 2021.
Colorado s state Rep. Matt Gray and Sen. Faith Winter have a plan to infuse much-needed cash into Colorado’s ailing transportation infrastructure and they’re calling in the big guns to make sure their proposal ends up on Gov. Jared Polis’ desk.
“We re confident,” Gray said in an interview with Colorado Politics. “We think this is the best shot we ve had in a long time because we have both the leadership of our chambers and the governor s office in alignment with us.”
The plan would boost transportation revenues through fee increases on individuals and businesses, as well as contributions from lawmakers via the state s discretionary spending account.