Will Denver Build A Public Monorail?

9 September 2001 - 9:00am

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to study building a 165-mph monorail from Denver to Vail.

"Monorail proponents want to build a 165-mile high-speed line between Denver International Airport and Eagle County Regional Airport along Interstate 70. The measure will ask voters to divert $50 million of this year's state tax refunds - which were estimated at $950 million - to fund a two-year monorail project at the U.S. Transportation Department's technology test center in Pueblo. The Colorado Intermountain Fixed Guideway Authority, which has been promoting the project, estimates it would cost about $4 billion to build the entire line."

Source: The Denver Post, September 9, 2001
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