Congratulations to the City of Pueblo for securing $13.7 million in federal funds through IIJA to replace the nearly century-old Union Avenue Bridge, a vital connection between downtown and south Pueblo.
With $1.75 million in matching funds from Colorado’s Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), this project will enhance safety, support new pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and pave the way for future passenger rail.
This funding will help the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) construct wildlife crossings and intersection improvements, add passing lanes and centerline rumble strips, widen shoulders, and install median barriers along U.S. 287.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a $149.9 million grant award to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver, Colorado, a major step forward for the agency’s plans to build a bus rapid transit line along one of the city’s busiest corridors.
The Department of the Interior announced more than $9.9 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), creating good-paying, family-sustaining jobs, and catalyzing economic opportunity in Colorado.
The Biden administration has unveiled new funding for the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, United Power, and CORE Electric Cooperative to advance renewable energy and improve air quality. The support, from the USDA’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program, is part of the Inflation Reduction Act’s initiatives. Tri-State will use its funding to implement its electric resource plan, adding 255 MW of owned renewable energy, 1,380 MW from power purchase agreements, and 210 MW of battery storage, while phasing out its remaining coal plants by 2031.
The funding announced includes nearly $200 million for the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) to reduce emissions from residential and commercial building sectors and increase energy and resource efficiency within the Denver Metropolitan Area, and over $129 million for the Colorado Energy Office to invest in methane emissions monitoring and reporting, support the decarbonization of large commercial buildings, and collaborate with local governments to increase their capacity to engage with climate-focused work.
The funding includes nine grants from DOT’s Bus and Bus Facilities Grant Program and the Low or No Emission Grant Program. DOT’s Bus and Bus Facilities Grant Program helps states replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment to construct bus-related facilities and modify low or no-emission vehicles and facilities. The Low or No Emission Grant Program provides funding to state and local governments for the purchase of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses, including the acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities.