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Commissioners approve Mesa County's 2025 Highway Users Tax Fund report to CDOT
Summary
The board approved Mesa County's 2025 Highway Users Tax Fund report, which lists about 1,441 center lane miles (726 paved, 715 unpaved); deputy road supervisor Travis Cole warned that HUTF revenue has not kept pace with maintenance cost increases, and commissioners urged higher funding.
Mesa County commissioners on Jan. 27 approved the county's 2025 Highway Users Tax Fund (HUTF) report to the Colorado Department of Transportation and authorized the board to sign the document.
Travis Cole, deputy road supervisor with Mesa County Road and Bridge, presented the report and said the county maintains about 1,441 center lane miles in its network, with roughly 726 paved and 715 unpaved center lane miles. "We use this money to maintain our roads for pothole patching, regular patching, crack seal, chip seal, road grading, guardrail," Cole said.
Cole told commissioners that HUTF funding "has not really increased a whole lot over the years past, but the maintenance surely has went up in cost for materials and things like that." Commissioners noted that unfunded mandates have reduced their ability to pave and urged higher HUTF allocations.
The board approved the report by voice vote, 3-0. With approval complete, Cole said staff will submit the report to CDOT as prepared.
