Road and bridge projects in Colorado will lose tens of millions of dollars in funding over the next two years under state lawmakers’ proposed spending plan — one of the largest cuts being considered as legislators look to close a $1.2 billion budget shortfall.
The budget package introduced last week would cut $64 million from the State Highway Fund in the 2025-26 fiscal year and another $50 million the following fiscal year. Lawmakers say they would eventually make up for the reduction by boosting funding in later years.
The cuts, however, could have immediate impacts for a running list of the state’s highest priority highway projects. Leaders on the Western Slope fear it will delay planned infrastructure investments that they say have already languished…