BOULDER — Boulder County may hold the key to the success or failure of a possible ballot measure this fall that would raise money for the beleaguered FasTracks rail-transit program, Boulder officials say.
And they’re ready to make sure the city gets its due in exchange for helping the measure along.
Recently revised cost estimates for the Boulder County portion of the metro-wide rail plan now come in at $1.7 billion, up from the previous estimate of $894.4 million. In an effort to get the project back on track, the Regional Transportation District is mulling whether to ask voters this fall to approve doubling the current 0.4 percent sales tax for the project.
Members of the Boulder City Council see that as an opportunity to get certain assurances that the U.S. 36 corridor and the Northwest rail line to Boulder and Longmont would get a fair share of the funds.
