Boulder Awarded Over $4 Million For Transportation Projects

BOULDER, CO—The Colorado Department of Transportation recently awarded $2,407,400 in grant funding to Boulder for several transportation projects. Four separate grants were submitted and received funding, city officials said.

CDOT awarded the city $2,407,400 to purchase four electric buses and chargers for use in the city’s fixed-route bus service, the HOP. Funding comes from the FASTER Transit Grants Program and the Volkswagen Settlement – Transit Bus Replacement Program, programs administered by the CDOT Division of Transit and Rail.

The four grant-funded buses will join three electric buses anticipated to be delivered in 2021. These seven electric buses will help advance progress in meeting the city’s recently adopted Climate Commitment and 2019 Transportation Master Plan goals calling for the HOP bus fleet to be all-electric by 2030. Supplemental grant funding is being pursued to further offset the costs of these four electric buses and chargers, with delivery tentatively expected in 2022 – 2023.

Five-hundred thousand dollars was awarded via the CDOT Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) to improve pedestrian crossing conditions at the 47th Street Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway railroad crossing. TAP funding is targeted at improving transportation choices for communities. The TAP Grant funding will be used to construct a new sidewalk over the crossing, completing a missing pedestrian connection which is a number one priority in Boulder’s Missing Sidewalk Links Program. Awarded funding will allow for construction to take place in 2023.

Two grants totaling $1,127,926 were awarded through the Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) administered locally by CDOT:

The first HSIP grant for $173,019, will be used to address safety concerns at Baseline Road and Canyon Creek Road, an intersection located in central Boulder. Recommended improvements to the crosswalk include replacement of the flashing beacon with a pedestrian traffic signal crossing, new curb ramps and a raised median pedestrian refuse island. The proposed improvements will advance the Vision Zero objectives of reducing traffic related fatalities and serious injuries to zero. The anticipated completion date is late 2022-2023.

The second HSIP grant for $954,907, will be used for safety improvements at three signalized intersections in the city, all of which were identified in the 2019 Vision Zero Safe Streets Report: Baseline Road and Broadway; Baseline Road and Mohawk Road; and, at Folsom and Pine. Improvements vary for each location and will advance the objectives of Vision Zero. The anticipated completion date is late 2022-2023.

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