Three cities in eastern Colorado will see the building of mobility hubs as a result of new funding secured through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The funding is going to the Colorado Department of Transportation and will be used to build a mobility hub in Glenwood Springs, with plans to transform a current Park-N-Ride facility at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Colorado State Highway 82 into a transit center.
Work in Glenwood Springs will also include the building of a grade-separated bicycle and pedestrian underpass.
The Grand Junction work will focus on building bicycle, parking and pedestrian improvements to an existing hub, as well as the creation of a pedestrian crossing connecting the Grand Junction Convention Center and the city’s main train station on South 1st Street.
An existing Park-N-Ride site in the city of Rifle will see a facility expansion adding up to 120 vehicle spaces.
The funding is more specifically coming through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability Equity grant program.
Altogether the RAISE program is sending around $1.5 billion to Colorado for a variety of transportation facility projects. The projects in Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction, and Rife are being funded to the tune of $24.2 million.
In announcing the RAISE support, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said such funding is part of a larger plan to modernize the nation’s transportation systems “to make them safer, more affordable, and more sustainable.”
RAISE grants are for planning and capital investments supporting road, bridge, transit rail and port projects. By design, around 65% of the projects must be located in either historically disadvantaged communities or areas of persistent poverty.
By Garry Boulard
