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Congressman Joe Neguse announced that communities in Colorado would benefit from nearly $2.7 million in grant funding administered by the Department of Transportation. This investment will be used to put American-built buses on roads across the state and improve transit services.
Funding of about $10.7 million from the Department of Transportation will cover a transit station and roundabout. It was announced Thursday by Rep. Joe Neguse, who represents Fort Collins in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Boulder County has received a $25 million grant from the Department of Transportation that will be used for improvements on Colo. 119, also known as the Diagonal, according to U.S. Rep Joe Neguse of Colorado. Neguse wrote to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg expressing his support for the project in February.
Communities impacted by the Marshall Fire will receive $390,000 in federal funding. Funding will go to Superior to help with damages sustained during the fire, specifically restoring storm-water infrastructure. The bill also includes other wildfire response initiatives, a pay raise for federal wildland firefighters and investments in collaborative forest programs. U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo.
A Colorado congressman has introduced a package of bills intended to improve access to affordable housing, particularly in Colorado’s rural mountain communities.
Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse introduced a bipartisan legislative package one day after Memorial Day in an effort to raise veterans’ access to services and resources.
The Colorado Judgeship Act, as introduced by Democratic U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper in the Senate, as well as Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse of Lafayette in the House, would add three new seats to the court bench as Colorado’s population continues to grow.
The offices of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse on Thursday issued the following press release on the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would strengthen the authority of the U.S. Forest Service to lease administrative sites to “address local needs, including for building affordable housing.” Eagle County supports the legislation.
A new bill being introduced by Bennet and Rep. Joe Neguse, who represents Eagle and Summit Counties in the U.S. House of Representatives, seeks to remedy the lease-terms issue by allowing the Forest Service to issue 100-year leases with an option to renew on U.S. Forest Service administrative sites to be used for housing.
Earlier this month the act was reintroduced by Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse and Sen. Michael Bennet, both Democrats. It would provide housing stipends for some firefighters, allow for paid rest, and provide mental health services to permanent and seasonal workers, among other things, according to Neguse’s office.