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Study session: county staff lay out transportation funding shortfall, present options including sales tax and dedicated CIP allocations
Summary
County finance and public‑works staff outlined a long list of deferred roadway needs, estimated a five‑year backlog in the low hundreds of millions, and discussed funding options such as shifting specific ownership tax, adjusting mill levies, or using sales tax to support road maintenance and capital work.
Arapahoe County finance and public‑works staff told commissioners that the county’s road and bridge and infrastructure funds are underfunded relative to needed maintenance and capital work. Staff described the current funding structure and presented options for dedicating new revenue from the county’s debruced property tax increase (the ballot measure commonly called 1A), transfers of specific ownership tax, sales tax alternatives, and restructuring vehicle/equipment replacement funding to free road funding.
Presenters said the county has kept the road and bridge mill levy structured to hold revenue relatively…
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