City Makes Pitch for Road Projects ; Council Members Back Adding Plans to Statewide Ballot Measure

Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › June 17, 2005

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Colorado Springs City Council members are going to battle to include city road projects in statewide Referendum D, even though they're not sure they can support the ballot initiative.

The council backed the idea Tuesday of including three area highway improvements totaling $82 million in the ballot issue that goes before Colorado voters in November. Referendum D seeks permission for the state to sell bonds to fund $1 billion in road projects; the state's Transportation Commission will have the final say about which projects are included in the referendum's language.

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City Makes Pitch for Road Projects ; Council Members Back Adding Plans to Statewide Ballot Measure

Two local proposals stand a good chance of being in the referendum: a $34.2 million widening of Interstate 25 from Ac...

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