Choo Choo…funding approved for transportation plan

January 26th, 2012

A commuter rail service, bus system and significant upgrades to I-25 are on the horizon for Northern Colorado. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) was recently approved by the federal government for $2.18 billion to fund the improvements, the vision for which includes:

  • A new lane in each direction of I-25 between State Highways 66 and 14.
  • A commuter rail service connecting Fort Collins and Longmont.
  • A new express bus system along I-25 with buses running from Fort Collins and Greeley to Denver International Airport and Downtown Denver.

CDOT is responsible for a 9,146 mile highway system with 3,447 bridges. Over 27.4 billion vehicle miles are clocked on the system each year. To learn more about the current active highway construction projects and corridor studies/assessments, go to www.coloradodot.info/projects. You can also access CDOT’s Long-Range Transportation Plan from the CDOT website.


Sources: Northern Colorado Business Report, “$2 billion NoCo transportation plan gets OK” by Steve Lynn, 1/10/2012.

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