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Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (PPRTA) Capital Improvements Extension from 2025 to 2034 Potential Project List for the City of Colorado Springs
Presenter:
Gayle Sturdivant, P.E., City Engineer/Deputy Public Works Director, Public Works Department
Tim Roberts, Transportation Planning Program Manager, Public Works Department
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Summary:
The capital improvements portion of the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (PPRTA) sales tax will sunset in December 2024. The PPRTA Board intends to have an issue on the November 2022 ballot to extend the sales tax from 2025 through 2034 and include an A-list and B-list priority of projects.
Background:
The PPRTA was initially approved by voters in 2004. PPRTA funding consists of a one cent sales tax and is divided into three funding areas: 35% for maintenance; 10% for transit operations; and 55% for capital improvements. The maintenance and transit portion of the funding are perpetual unless rescinded by voters. The capital improvements portion had an initial sunset in 2014; however, in 2012 voters extended the capital improvements portion to 2024 unless rescinded by the voters.
Due to the great success of the PPRTA capital improvements and the overwhelming support of the voters in 2012 (approximately 80% voted in favor), the Board is planning to take an extension of the capital improvements tax to the voters in November 2022. The extension will provide adequate time for member jurisdictions to ready projects before funding starts in 2025. With the extension, the ballot will include A-list and B-list priority lists of projects and programs eligible for this extended funding.
Staff has been in an extensive process, concurrent with the ConnectCOS (City's Transportation Master Plan) effort, to develop a draft project list for further consideration. The initial draft project list went through a multi-step scoring and evaluation process resulting in a prioritized project list. The initial dr...
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