The current 0.1% Transportation Sales Tax expires June 30, 2024. On August 4, the the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved asking voters to extend the sales tax at the current rate.
Learn about the proposed sales tax extension, or view a draft list of projects and programs that would be funded between 2024 and 2039 if the extension is approved by the voters. Learn more about the proposed 2022 Boulder County Ballot Issues & Measures.
On August 4, 2022, the Board of County Commissioners held a public hearing to hear from the public and determine if they would ask voters to support an extension of the tax on the November 2022 ballot. The Board voted to approve:
On June 14, 2022, Boulder County hosted a virtual (online) open house meeting on transportation funding and the future of the county’s transportation sales tax which expires in June 2024, and options were presented for future funding of multimodal transportation system needs throughout Boulder County. At the meeting, participants had an opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback on the county’s transportation funding and options for the future. Continued public input on top transportation needs and priorities are welcome and encouraged.
View the June 14 video or presentation in English or Spanish.
For more information, contact Alexandra Phillips at 303-441-4520 or aphillips@bouldercounty.org. Submit comments and questions about transportation funding, investment priorities, and potential projects via an online form.
There are many ways to get around Boulder County, but rising costs, a growing population, and new technologies are changing how people use transportation. At the same time both construction and maintenance costs continue to rise.
To achieve our vision of a sustainable and inclusive transportation network, Boulder County works together to prioritize our transportation investments, explore new funding options, and plan for the future. The county’s Transportation Master Plan (TMP) provides a blueprint for Boulder County’s transportation system for the next 25 years.
In 2001, the communities within Boulder County came together to pass a one-tenth-of-one-percent percent sales tax to fund improvements to fulfill that vision, including road improvements, trail systems, transit services and community assistance programs to help underserved populations with their transportation needs. For twenty years the sales tax has funded hundreds of miles of improvements throughout the county that continue to serve residents, businesses and visitors.
Boulder County’s current sales tax expires on June 30, 2024. The county is asking voters to extend that tax, with the future funding used to provide safe, sustainable, and affordable transportation choices for people throughout the county for today and into the future.
In 2007, Boulder County voters passed a countywide ballot issue to extend an existing one-tenth-of-one-percent sales tax from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2024. The Countywide Transportation Sales Tax funds a specific list of 44 projects that includes:
The 2007 Ballot Issue lists five categories of projects in order to provide taxpayers with a wide range of improvements geographically and by type.
2022 marks the 13th year of the 15-year Countywide Sales Tax approved by voters in November 2007. The table below identifies current countywide Transportation Sales Tax projects planned for construction over the next three years. A full implementation schedule for all projects is available here. Projects are listed by anticipated year of implementation based on the best available information. Ongoing transit projects are listed separately at the bottom of the table. These projects use Countywide Sales Tax to increase frequencies on existing regional routes.
The April 2017 Countywide Transportation Sales Tax Update includes:
| Project Name | Year Complete | Current Status |
| BOLT Transit along Diagonal Highway | 2004 | Completed |
| JUMP Transit to Erie | 2008 | Completed |
| “Y” Transit from Boulder to Lyons | 2009 | Completed |
| “L” Transit from Longmont to US 36 2017 Completed | 2017 | Completed |
| “FLEX” Transit – Ft. Collins to Boulder | 2016 | In operation |
| Lafayette FlexRide Service | 2020 | In operation |
| Climb Route to Gold Hill | 2011 | In operation |
Boulder County Public Works
Tim Swope, AICP
Capital Projects Coordinator
email
720-564-2658
