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.
Board of County Commissioners Public Hearing, August 4, 2022
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:
Transportation Ballot Measure Item No. 1: Resolution 2022-48; describing a proposal to extend the existing 0.10% countywide transportation sales and use tax for the purpose of continuing to fund transportation needs.
Item No. 2: Resolution 2022-49; approving a ballot title for the November 8, 2022 general election to extend the existing 0.10% countywide transportation sales and use tax for the purpose of continuing to fund transportation needs.
Public Meeting on Boulder County Transportation Funding, June 14, 202
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.
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.
Transportation Sales Tax Overview
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.
Current Transportation Sales Tax
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:
10 roadway improvements
13 road shoulder projects
6 transit projects
1 Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program
5 pedestrian improvements
9 countywide regional sales projects.
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.