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Public Transit on 2017 Ballot
The 2017 off-year election has a few public transit-related measures on the ballot. The largest are two bond issues, $105 million statewide in Maine and $156 million in Denver.
As part of Maine’s Question 3, public transit and rail would be among the recipients of $20 million for facilities, equipment and property acquisition, while $80 million would support construction, reconstruction and repair of state highways and bridges and $5 million would support a competitive grant program that provides matching funds for upgrading culverts at stream crossings to increase safety and improve fish and wildlife habitats. The bond also would be used to receive an estimated $137 million in federal and other matching funds.
In Denver, passage of Referred Question 2A would support authorizing the city to issue up to $431 million in general obligation bonds to fund public transit, street, sidewalk and other transportation improvements. This total includes $55 million to begin the Regional Transportation District’s East Colfax Avenue BRT project and $101 million for road repair projects including repaving, fixing curbs and gutters, and major bridge rehabilitation.
In Grand Rapids, MI, voters will consider a renewal of the operating millage that supports The Rapid. The agency has operated services for seven years under the current 1.47-mill rate and the ballot measure would renew that rate for 12 more years. Defeat of the measure would mean the shutdown of much of The Rapid’s service.
The ballot in Mahoning County, OH, includes a permanent renewal of the current one-quarter-cent sales tax that supports the Western Reserve Transit Authority in Youngstown, providing $8.5 million annually.
Passenger Transport will provide additional updates following the Nov. 7 election.
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