DENVER — A sales tax measure to fund the full corridor vision of the Colorado Connector, or “CoCo” train, is looking likely to pass. “Yes” on Ballot Measure 7A had roughly 55% of the vote as of Thursday afternoon.
The measure, and the sales tax that appears to be coming, applies only to voters within the Front Range Passenger Rail district, stretching from Fort Collins down through Loveland, Longmont, Boulder, Broomfield, Louisville, Westminster, Denver, Littleton, Sterling Ranch, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
“We are so excited,” said James Flattum, director of outreach for the Coloradans for CoCo Campaign. “I think this is a project that there has been a concept of for generations. Finally, having a plan in place and critically having the voters say, ‘Yes.'”…