Brian Eason - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed April 25, 2018
Colorado Business Groups Endorse $5B Transportation Plan to Fund Road Work
DENVER (AP) A broad coalition of Colorado business groups has endorsed a $5 billion transportation measure moving through the state legislature, boosting its chances of passage even as top Democrats continued to express “reservations” with the plan....
James Anderson – Associated Press - Wed April 11, 2018
Colorado Transportation Funding Bill Advances
DENVER (AP) Colorado's Senate on March 21 tentatively approved a bill to ask voters next year if the state can issue $3.5 billion in bonds for roads and bridges while injecting a one-time installment of $500 million into transportation projects....
Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 11, 2018
Denver Builds $1.1B National Western Center
The city of Denver, along with government, education and trade partners, is embarking on a billion-dollar project to promote research and progress in agriculture for the next 100 years. The National Western Center, home of the National Western Stock Show, will provide a broad focus on entertainment, food, animal health and performance, water, energy, agriculture, rodeo, livestock, equestrian and sustainability and the environment on a new 250-acre campus....
Wed March 28, 2018
Gas Tax 'Dying' as Source to Rebuild Infrastructure
Michael Lewis, executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation, told a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing that while the motor fuels user fee is “dying” as a model to raise enough revenue to pay for surface transportation infrastructure, “we're not there” yet on switching to fees based on vehicle miles traveled....
AASHTO Journal - Mon March 19, 2018
Three State DOTs Contribute to Rail Project That Won $16M TIGER Grant
State departments of transportation from Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico helped fund a regional rail line improvement project that won a federal TIGER grant of $16 million this month from the USDOT. The award went to the $26.7 million Southwest Chief Route Stabilization Project, and the grant application was sponsored by Colfax County, N.M....
Wed March 14, 2018
Paving Equipment Takes Center Stage at Rocky Mountain Asphalt Conference
The Rocky Mountain Asphalt Conference and Equipment Show (RMACES) was held Feb. 21-23 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, near Denver International Airport. This year was the 45th for the event, which brings together contractors, suppliers, governmental agency representatives and consultants from the Rocky Mountain Region....
Wed March 14, 2018
Work on Colorado Highway 67 Project Continues Through Mild 2018 Winter
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is working on a $10.4 million roadway overlay on Colorado Highway 67 between Divide to Cripple Creek and Woodland Park to Westcreek. The resurfacing and improvement project continues during the winter months....
Wed February 14, 2018
HFF Announces Closing of JV Equity for Development
Holliday Fenoglio Fowler L.P. (HFF) announces the closing of joint venture equity for the development of PDG Parker, a 255-unit, Class A multi-housing community in Parker, Colo. HFF worked on behalf of the developer, Price Development Group, to arrange joint venture equity through an institutional partner....
Thu January 25, 2018
CraneWorks Denver Adds 8 Demag Mobile Cranes to Inventory
CraneWorks, Inc. , one of the United States' leading suppliers of lifting equipment, placed an order for eight various sized Demag cranes, including three AC 45 City models, two AC 220-5, and three AC 100-4 all terrain cranes for its Denver, Colo....
Wed January 17, 2018
CDOT Signs $248M Contract to Build I-25 Express Lanes
The Colorado Department of Transportation is officially on the road to adding an Express Lane in each direction on I-25 from Johnstown to Fort Collins starting later this year. A $248 million contract with Kraemer/IHC has been approved for the project which will increase capacity by adding an Express Lane in both directions of I-25, replace aging bridges and widen others, create new pedestrian and bicycle access under I-25 at Kendall Parkway, and connect the Cache la Poudre River Regional Trail under I-25....
