In 2023, the City’s public works operations and maintenance team repaved 177 lane miles, replaced more than 200,000 linear feet of curb and gutter, and installed 354 new pedestrian ramps.
“The 2C road improvement initiative continues to be a crucial investment in the future of our city's infrastructure,” said Mayor Yemi Mobolade at a paving event Wednesday that featured the recently repaved Fenton Road in front of Panorama Park. “It's a commitment to enhancing the quality of our roads, making them safer, more efficient, and more accessible for everyone who calls Colorado Springs home.”
2C funding, a voter-approved sales tax, is the main source for rebuilding and improving the condition of the City's existing roadway infrastructure, which is the largest of any municipality in Colorado. This is the third of five years of the extended 2C program, which was approved by voters in 2019 at a sales tax rate of 0.57 percent (or 5.7 pennies on a $10 purchase). 2C was first approved by voters in 2015.
2C sales tax revenues are only applied to roadway improvements, which includes paving, plus the repair and replacement of concrete sidewalk, curb and gutter. This adjacent concrete work is an essential part of roadway maintenance, both protecting streets from deterioration and enhancing accessibility. About 50% of 2C funding is dedicated to sidewalks, curbs and gutter. These improvements also add pedestrian ramps and create passable routes that meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.
Since the start of the program, the number of City roads in good condition nearly doubled and the number of resident pothole complaints have gone down by more than 50 percent. Since the program’s inception in 2015, 2C has repaved 1,576 miles, which is from Colorado Springs to Athens, Georgia. It has replaced more than 306 miles of curb and gutter and 3.6 million square feet of sidewalk (more than 50 football fields). And it has installed 1,809 new pedestrian ramps and retrofitted 7,613 existing pedestrian ramps.
For more information about 2C projects, visit ColoradoSprings.gov/2C.