Aurora residents will vote this fall on whether to fund 65 infrastructure projects across the city—everything from a new fire station in Southshore to a replacement bridge on Peoria Street—through a 0.325% increase in the city’s sales and use tax rate.
The Aurora City Council gave final approval on June 22 to refer three separate ballot questions to the November municipal election, according to the city’s Build Up Aurora program page. The three questions cover transportation, public safety, and community facilities, with separate tax rate components of 0.132%, 0.064%, and 0.129%—or roughly 1.3 cents, 0.6 cents, and 1.3 cents per $10 spent. Voters will see each question independently and can approve one, two, or all three.
Big-ticket projects by neighborhood
Ward I residents near Sand Creek have one of the most urgent items on the list: the Peoria Street bridge over Sand Creek is considered end-of-life and would be replaced with a wider six-lane structure, improved sidewalks, and connections to the Sand Creek Trail, at a cost of $37 million.
In Ward VI, Gun Club Road between Quincy Avenue and Aurora Parkway would be widened to four lanes with traffic signal upgrades and multimodal improvements for $34 million…