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Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:40 p.m.

I-25 at rush hour, March 15, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Colorado contractors won’t push for 2017 roads funding ballot measure

Colorado voters won't see a tax increase for roads or other transportation needs on this November's ballot, but they might see something in 2018.

Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran (left) and majority leader K.C. Becker speak to press in Duran's Colorado State Capitol office the day after the legislative session ended, May 11, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Colorado still needs money for transportation, disappointed Democratic lawmakers say

The 2017 session of the Colorado General Assembly ended without action on a top priority of Gov. John Hickenlooper and many lawmakers.

The recently renovated building at 2801 Welton St. (Courtesy of SK2 Architecture)

Goed Zuur beer bar sets opening date in Denver’s Five Points

Goed Zuur expects to begin pouring life back into a more than 120-year-old spot in Denver's Five Points neighborhood starting this spring.

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Akhalya Blanton skips rope at Five Points' Sonny Lawson Park with Black Girls Jump, an organization committed to promoting active lifestyles for kids. Her mom Tamara is the president of the Denver chapter. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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‘It’s a new day’ for Five Points after neighborhood agrees to fund business improvement district

Cars travel down 14th Street in the Central Business District. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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CDOT taking volunteers for 1.2 cent per mile Road Usage Charge study to fund Colorado highways

Perhaps you're aware that Colorado has the sixth-most poor or mediocre highway paving. Or you know, maybe you've just driven on some of the bad parts.

Council President Albus Brooks returned Monday for the first time after cancer treatment. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Denver City Council president Albus Brooks says Five Points will be his legacy

"There's been over $300 million in reinvestment. That's not just going to developers. That's going to the sustainability of what Five Points is."

A train speeds down Welton Street after dark.(Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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With “cranes up and down” the corridor, changing Denver looks like Welton Street

"We're here now, that's all I can say," says Fathima Dickerson, owner of the Welton Street Cafe.

Would you pay 1.5 cents per mile to fund Colorado roads?

No pressure, but the answer might determine how the state funds its transportation system.

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