The City of Colorado Springs hereby submits its proposed 2025 budget for PPRTA staff review and presentation to the Board of Directors. The budget is presented in the three major categories of expenditure as identified in the original ballot question and the PPRTA Establishing Intergovernmental Agreement. The three major categories are Capital (55%), Maintenance (35%), and Transit (10%).
Based on PPRTA Staff projections, the 1% PPRTA Sales and Use Tax will generate $150M for the entire region, in 2025 (net revenue excluding estimated transit fare box revenue). PPRTA staff also projects $10M in earned interest revenue. This level of total revenue, less estimated administrative costs and reserve adjustment, will net $157,879,000, and will be allocated as follows:
Capital Budget (55%): $86,833,450
Maintenance Budget (35%): $55,257,650
Transit Budget (10%): $15,787,900
The projected City of Colorado Springs portion of the PPRTA budget is as follows and reflects the reduction from capital renew retainage:
Capital Budget (69.6540%): $54,746,848
Maintenance Budget (69.6540%): $38,489,155
Transit Budget: $15,787,900
Capital Improvement Program
The City of Colorado Springs’ portion of the Capital Budget is projected to be $54,746,848. A summary of the 2025 capital project budgets is as follows. Please refer to Appendix A for a narrative description of each capital project that is funded in 2025.
2025-2034 Capital Programs (PPRTA 3):
Capital Projects/Program
2025 Budget Allocation
Carryover Forecast
2025 Forecasted Available Funds
30th Street Corridor Improvements – Mesa Road to Garden of the Gods Road
$0
$0
$0
Cascade Avenue – Mark Dabling Blvd Connection – Design Only
$0
$0
$0
Colorado Avenue Improvements – 21st Street to Limit Street
$150,000
$0
$150,000
Colorado Avenue Improvements – 28th Street to 21st Street
$0
$0
$0
Drennan Road Bridge over Jimmy Camp Creek
$0
$0
$0
Dublin Blvd Improvements – Peterson Road to Marksheffel Road
$6,375,200
$0
$6,375,200
Fillmore Street Bridge Improvements and Trail Connections – I25 – to Monument Creek
$750,000
$0
$750,000
Lorraine Street Bridge over Cheyenne Run
$0
$0
$0
Marksheffel Road Bridge at Cottonwood Creek
$0
$0
$0
Marksheffel Road Improvements – Woodmen Road to N Carefree Circle*
$20,846,648
$0
$20,846,648
Midland Trail Completion (21st to 25th St)
$1,025,000
$0
$1,025,000
Nevada Ave Reconstruction – Commerce St to Templeton Gap Floodway
$1,600,000
$0
$1,600,000
Nevada Ave Reconstruction – Lee Street to University Village
$0
$0
$0
Nevada Ave Reconstruction – Rock Island Railroad to Commerce St
$1,600,000
$0
$1,600,000
Nevada Ave Reconstruction – Templeton Gap Floodway to Lee Street
$0
$0
$0
Nevada Ave/Garden of the Gods Rd/Austin Bluffs Pkwy Intersection Study
$0
$0
$0
Northeast Sub-Area Study – Bounded by Union Blvd/ Austin Bluffs Pkwy/Briargate Pkwy
$0
$0
$0
Old Ranch Rd Improvements – Voyager Pkwy to Lexington Drive
The City of Colorado Springs’ portion of the 2025 Maintenance budget is projected to be $38,489,155. The 2024 projected maintenance carryover is approximately $19,892,667. The 2025 maintenance budget plus carryover totals $58,381,822.
The budget will address citywide maintenance needs such as capital project maintenance; bridge maintenance; sign and signal maintenance; roadway maintenance to include pavement overlays and rehabilitation, striping and patching, and concrete maintenance such as curb and gutter, sidewalk, and ADA pedestrian ramps in conjunction with the annual resurfacing program. Additional maintenance needs will be identified through citizen requests and through the maintenance program evaluation process. The maintenance program descriptions are provided in Appendix B.
2025 Maintenance Budget Summary
Maintenance Program
2025 Budget Allocation
2024 Carryover Forecast
2025 Budget with Carryover
Maintenance
$38,489,155
$19,892,667
$58,381,822
Transit Operating Budget
Transit Budget: The Transit budget without fare box revenue for 2025 is projected to be $15,787,900. A detailed budget and narrative description for the City of Colorado Springs Transit – Mountain Metro Transit activities are provided in Appendices C-1 and C-2, respectively.
City staff anticipates presentation of the proposed 2025 PPRTA Budget to the PPRTA Board on November 13, 2024, and December 11, 2024.
Attachments:
Appendix A: Narrative of 2025 Capital Improvement Projects/Programs
Appendix B: Narrative of Maintenance Activities
Appendix C-1: Transit Budget
Appendix C-2: Transit Budget
Appendix A
City of Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority
2025 NARRATIVE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS/PROGRAMS
Projects – 2025-2034 (PRRTA 3):
Item
Response
Project Name
30th St Corridor Improvements – Mesa Rd to Garden of the Gods Rd
Description / Scope
Construct paved shoulders, drainage, and intersection improvements along 30th St from Mesa Rd to Garden of the Gods Rd.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$21,300,000
Estimate Schedule
2030-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Cascade Ave – Mark Dabling Blvd Connection – Design Only
Description / Scope
Extend Cascade Ave to the north to connect to Mark Dabling Blvd with two new bridges
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$3,500,000
Estimate Schedule
2031-2033
Item
Response
Project Name
Colorado Ave Improvements – 21st Street to Limit Street
Description / Scope
Update infrastructure while enhancing safety by adding bike/pedestrian refuges and arterial street traffic calming.
2025 Budget Allocation
$150,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$760,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2028
Item
Response
Project Name
Colorado Ave Improvements – 28th Street to 21st Street
Description / Scope
Reconstruct Colorado Ave to improve safety including arterial street traffic calming and enhanced pedestrian crossings. Increase on-street, parking, widen sidewalks, and enhance bike/ped wayfinding throughout the corridor.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$10,800,000
Estimate Schedule
2026-2028
Item
Response
Project Name
Drennan Rd Bridge over Jimmy Camp Creek
Description / Scope
Replace bridge due to condition issue.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$11,700,000
Estimate Schedule
2026-2028
Item
Response
Project Name
Dublin Blvd Improvements – Peterson Rd to Marksheffel Rd
Description / Scope
Reconstruct/construct roadway to widen for appropriate lane configuration and consistent cross section. Project includes bike and pedestrian accommodations.
2025 Budget Allocation
$6,375,200
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$16,600,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2027
Item
Response
Project Name
Fillmore St Bridge Improvements and Trail Connections – 1-25 to Monument Creek
Description / Scope
Improve Fillmore St from 1-25 across Monument Creek including replacing the bridges over Monument Creek/Pikes Peak Greenway and the UPRR, connecting bicycle facilities to the Pikes Peak Greenway trail.
2025 Budget Allocation
$750,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$44,500,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2030
Item
Response
Project Name
Lorraine St Bridge over Cheyenne Run
Description / Scope
Replace bridge due to condition issue.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$5,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2027-2029
Item
Response
Project Name
Marksheffel Rd Bridge over Cottonwood Creek
Description / Scope
Construct bridge crossing of Cottonwood Creek to carry Marksheffel Rd.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$27,850,000
Estimate Schedule
2030-2033
Item
Response
Project Name
Midland Trail Completion (21st St to 25th St)
Description / Scope
Multi-jurisdictional trail program to extend, realign, widen, reconstruct, and construct trails, access to trails, connections to attractions or other portions of the trail network, crossings, wayfinding, ADA improvements and other functional enhancements. May entail engineering, land procurement, construction and ancillary trail activities.
2025 Budget Allocation
$1,025,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$1,025,000
Estimate Schedule
2025
Item
Response
Project Name
Nevada Ave Reconstruction – Commerce St to Templeton Gap Floodway
Description / Scope
Reconstruct Nevada Ave to improve vehicular operations at signalized intersections and provide improved transit, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure to support the N Nevada Redevelopment vision.
2025 Budget Allocation
$1,600,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$27,400,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2028
Item
Response
Project Name
Nevada Ave Reconstruction – Lee St to University Village
Description / Scope
Reconstruct Nevada Ave to improve vehicular operations at signalized intersections and provide improved transit, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure to support the N Nevada Redevelopment vision.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$27,250,000
Estimate Schedule
2028-2033
Item
Response
Project Name
Nevada Ave Reconstruction – Rock Island Railroad to Commerce St
Description / Scope
Reconstruct N Nevada Ave to improve vehicular operations at intersections and provide improved bicycle and pedestrian facilities to support the N Nevada Redevelopment vision.
2025 Budget Allocation
$1,600,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$23,300,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2029
Item
Response
Project Name
Nevada Ave Reconstruction – Templeton Gap Floodway to Lee St
Description / Scope
Reconstruct Nevada Ave to improve vehicular operations at signalized intersections and provide improved transit, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure to support the N Nevada Redevelopment vision.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$25,717,000
Estimate Schedule
2028-2032
Item
Response
Project Name
Nevada Ave/Garden of the Gods Rd/Austin Bluffs Pkwy Intersection Study
Description / Scope
Conduct an intersection improvement and selection study to identify improvements to the Nevada Ave/Garden of the Gods Rd/Austin Bluffs Pkwy Intersection.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$1,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2028
Item
Response
Project Name
Northeast Sub-Area Study – Bounded by Union Blvd, Austin Bluffs Pkwy and Briargate Pkwy
Description / Scope
Conduct a multi-modal area study to examine the existing functionality of Union Blvd and Austin Bluffs Pkwy from their intersection north to Briargate Pkwy including how this network may better serve traffic demands, local bus, enhanced transit, bikes, and pedestrians Examine traffic hot spots including major intersections for recommendations on reducing delay and enhancing safety Identify specific improvements for roadway, transit, and completion of bike and pedestrian network connections.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$1,100,000
Estimate Schedule
2030
Item
Response
Project Name
Old Ranch Rd Improvements – Voyager Pkwy to Lexington Dr
Description / Scope
Widen Old Ranch Rd from Voyager Pkwy to Kettle Creek bridge to four lanes and add bike lanes and sidewalk. Also, restriping and other adjustments from Kettle Creek bridge to Lexington Dr.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$19,400,000
Estimate Schedule
2029-2032
Item
Response
Project Name
Platte Ave Improvements – Wahsatch Ave to Circle Dr
Description / Scope
Operational and condition improvements including the Union intersection, bridges and retaining walls.
Design and ROW acquisition for corridor study; currently in progress. El Paso County led project.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$17,500,000
Estimate Schedule
2031-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Powers Blvd Extension – SH83 to Voyager Pkwy*
Description / Scope
Construct Powers Blvd from SH 83 (Interquest Parkway) to Voyager Parkway to connect with I-25. City-led project.
2025 Budget Allocation
$10,290,090
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$103,000,000 (City and County)
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Stapleton Dr/Briargate Pkwy Improvements
Description / Scope
Construct new roadway connection, drainage, upgrade traffic signal, and multimodal features. El Paso County led project.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$0
Estimate Schedule
TBD
Item
Response
Project Name
US24 Functionality and Routing Study – I-25 to Falcon
Description / Scope
Conduct a major transportation corridor study to: determine safety, traffic operations, transit operations, and functionality of US 24 from Falcon to I-25. Analyze the function of US 24 in the region’s transportation network and consider alternatives for US 24 such as Woodmen Rd to meet long-term needs.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$2,500,000
Estimate Schedule
2026-2028
Item
Response
Project Name
Woodmen Rd Improvements – Black Forest Rd to US24
Description / Scope
Improvements on Woodmen Rd from Powers Blvd to US24 including multimodal facilities and widening where needed.
2025 Budget Allocation
$100,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$44,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Projects – 2015-2024 (PRRTA 2):
Item
Response
Project Name
8th Street Improvements: Motor City Way to Fountain Creek
Description / Scope
Academy Boulevard between Bijou Street and Airport Road is a 6-lane road with poor pavement, and with curb, gutter, and median conditions requiring replacement. Poor drainage is contributing to pavement decline, so a new storm water system is being designed to alleviate ponding issues. Planned improvements incorporate recommendations from the Great Streets Corridor Study, including a 10-foot-wide multi-use path.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$4,577,083
Estimate Schedule
Begin Engineering 2021; Construction 2024-2026
Item
Response
Project Name
Academy Boulevard: Bijou Street to Airport: Road Reconstruction
Description / Scope
Academy Boulevard between Bijou Street and Airport Road is a 6-lane road with poor pavement, and with curb, gutter, and median conditions requiring replacement. Poor drainage is contributing to pavement decline, so a new storm water system is being designed to alleviate ponding issues. Planned improvements incorporate recommendations from the Great Streets Corridor Study, including a 10-foot-wide multi-use path.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$15,985,734
Estimate Schedule
Began Engineering 2019; Construction 2022-2024 – Complete by end of 2024
Item
Response
Project Name
Academy Boulevard: Fountain Boulevard to Milton Proby Parkway Reconstruction Academy
Description / Scope
Boulevard between Fountain Boulevard and Milton Proby Parkway is a 6-lane road with poor pavement, and with curb, gutter, and median conditions requiring replacement. The project length of 10,800 feet includes remediation of the pavement area that experiences subsidence due to an abandoned landfill. Poor drainage is contributing to pavement decline, so a new storm water system is being designed to alleviate ponding issues. Planned improvements incorporate recommendations from the Great Streets Corridor Study including a 10-foot-wide multi-use path.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$49,029,331
Estimate Schedule
Began Engineering 2019; Construction 2023-2026
Item
Response
Project Name
Black Forest Road Improvements: Woodmen Road to Research Boulevard
Description / Scope
Widen Black Forest Road to a four-lane principal arterial cross-section from Woodmen Road to Research Parkway, including a new bridge over Cottonwood Creek. The existing and proposed development in the City and the County require more capacity on Black Forest Road than the current two-lane section provide.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$30,793,970
Estimate Schedule
Began Engineering 2019; Construction 2022-2024 – Complete by end of 2024
Item
Response
Project Name
Circle Drive over Fountain Creek Bridge Replacement
Description / Scope
Constructed by the Colorado Department of Highways in 1963, the Circle Drive Bridges carry eastbound and westbound lanes of Circle Drive on four separate structures. The western pair of bridges cross Fountain Creek. The eastern pair of bridges cross the BNSF Railroad, a Fountain Mutual Irrigation Company conveyance facility, Hancock Expressway, and East Las Vegas Street. This project will replace the structures with four new bridges. The new bridges will have wider cross sections to allow for better pedestrian movement.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$45,204,000
Estimate Schedule
Began Engineering in 2018; Construction 2023-2025
Item
Response
Project Name
El Paso Boulevard Bridge over Fountain Creek Tributary
Description / Scope
Replace an aging bridge structure crossing over a tributary to Fountain Creek commonly known as the Columbia Road Tributary. Recent bridge inspections have determined the structure to be “functionally obsolete” and qualifies the bridge for replacement. The bridge is located on El Paso Blvd approximately 800′ north of W Colorado Ave and 200′ west of S Columbia Road and is approximately 500′ east of the Manitou Springs city limit.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$1,497,600
Estimate Schedule
Began Engineering in 2021, Construction in 2023-2024 – Completed in 2024
Item
Response
Project Name
Galley Road over Sand Creek Bridge Replacement
Description / Scope
The Galley Road Bridge was built in 1965 and replacement is needed since this bridge is both too narrow for the roadway and hydraulically inadequate. FEMA floodplain mapping shows the road overtops, and there have been reports of overtopping by 3-4′ in recent years. The recommendation from the alternatives analysis is to widen the road and build a new, deeper concrete box culvert with drop structures to provide adequate capacity in the channel. The replacement approach is for the bridge to be widened to match road section on either side of the bridge. The West Fork of Sand Creek channel invert will be lowered to provide adequate room for flows. An at-grade, pedestrian actuated traffic signal will be provided for the trail crossing at Galley Road. Aligning with the project timeline, the water utilities main in the area will be updated.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$5,706,378
Estimate Schedule
Began Engineering in 2021; Construction in 2024-2025
Item
Response
Project Name
I-25 Ramps: South Nevada Avenue/ Tejon Street Corridor Improvements
Description / Scope
The intersections of the 1-25 ramps and S Nevada Ave and S Tejon St typically experience reoccurring traffic incidents, conflicts, and congestion during peak weekday and weekend travel times. The City and CDOT have studied and implemented improvements in the S Nevada Ave and S Tejon St corridors over the course of time. This project is the latest effort in improving efficiency and safety for all modes of traffic based upon today’s current conditions.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$9,111,497
Estimate Schedule
Engineering 2022, Construction in 2024/2025
Item
Response
Project Name
Las Vegas Street/Royer Street UPRR Crossing Relocation
Description / Scope
The intersection of Royer Street and the railroad tracks is a non-standard crossing, and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has recorded 25 non-fatal, “train vs. vehicle” accidents at this crossing since 1975. A new road will be constructed called Twin Bridges Road (formerly Spring Creek Road), beginning at the existing traffic signal on Hancock Expressway, which is currently an access to a Colorado Springs Utilities facility. The new road will run south under the Martin Luther King Bypass (US24) and connect to Las Vegas Street just east of the bypass. The opening of the new roadway and railroad crossing will coincide with the closing of the existing crossing at Royer Street.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$14,755,238
Estimate Schedule
Began Final Engineering in 2020, Construction in 2025-2026
Item
Response
Project Name
South Cheyenne Canyon Road 1 Over Cheyenne Creek Bridge Replacement
Description / Scope
Believed to be built in 1957, the South Cheyenne Canon Road Bridge is a multi-type of structure located just north of the Seven Falls entrance. The bridge is load-posted and has reached the end of its service life, thus requiring replacement. A previously completed study recommends constructing a new bridge east of the existing structure to Improve the intersection with Mesa Avenue. Study recommends constructing a new bridge east of the existing structure to improve intersection with Mesa Avenue.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$3,449,898
Estimate Schedule
Engineering 2021-2023; Construction in 2023- 2024 – Completed in 2024
Item
Response
Project Name
Tutt Boulevard Extension: Dublin to Templeton Gap
Description / Scope
The Tutt Boulevard extension is a joint Colorado Springs/El Paso County project. Tutt Boulevard will be extended north from Dublin Boulevard and connect with the existing Tutt Boulevard, approximately 1 ,500 feet. Phase 1 (from Dublin Boulevard to Vickie Lane) was completed in March 2016. Final design of Phase 2 commenced in July of 2021 and will be followed by land acquisition. Construction is anticipated to begin late-2023.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$5,279,518
Estimate Schedule
Engineering 2022-2023; Construction in 2024 – Complete by end of 2024
Item
Response
Project Name
UPRR Mainline over Fontanero Bridge Replacement
Description / Scope
Believed to be built in 1957, the South Cheyenne Canon Road Bridge is a multi-type of structure located just north of the Seven Falls entrance. The bridge is load-posted and has reached the end of its service life, thus requiring replacement. A previously completed study recommends constructing a new bridge east of the existing structure to Improve the intersection with Mesa Avenue. Study recommends constructing a new bridge east of the existing structure to improve intersection with Mesa Avenue.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$22,716,460
Estimate Schedule
Engineering 2021-2024; Construction in 2025-2026
Item
Response
Project Name
UPRR Nevada Avenue & Tejon Street Crossing Reconstruction (Design Only)
Description / Scope
Believed to be built in 1957, the South Cheyenne Canon Road Bridge is a multi-type of structure located just north of the Seven Falls entrance. The bridge is load-posted and has reached the end of its service life, thus requiring replacement. A previously completed study recommends constructing a new bridge east of the existing structure to improve the intersection with Mesa Avenue. Study recommends constructing a new bridge east of the existing structure to improve intersection with Mesa Avenue.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$22,716,460
Estimate Schedule
Engineering 2021-2024; Construction in 2025-2026
Item
Response
Project Name
West Fillmore Street over Unnamed Channel Bridge Replacement
Description / Scope
Believed to be built in the 1970s, the West Fillmore Bridge is a 48″ diameter Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP) located just west of Coronado High School (25′ below roadway). Replacement is needed as the structure is at the end of its service life. The replacement approach for the project will be to bore and jack a new pipe under the roadway due to the depth of the culvert under the roadway. The proposed crossing is planned to accommodate future widening of Fillmore Street by designing culvert ends that can be easily extended.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$3,794,969
Estimate Schedule
Engineering 2019-2021; Construction 2023-2024 – Complete by end of 2024
Programs
Item
Response
Project Name
Companion Drainage Improvements for Roadway Projects
Description / Scope
This program constructs drainage improvements needed in advance of roadway rehabilitation or reconstruction efforts.
2025 Budget Allocation
$500,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$5,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Congestion and Incident Management – Phase 1 (City-wide)
Description / Scope
Implement Citywide/Region wide Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to improve traffic operations, coordinate systems and improve safety. Improvements may include monitoring systems, hardware and software, message systems, metering, communication infrastructure, and specialized equipment and staff.
2025 Budget Allocation
$500,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$5,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Emergency Bridge Fund
Description / Scope
The Emergency Bridge Fund addresses unfunded bridge needs and provide the City the ability to repair, replace, or rehabilitate a bridge that has a serious deterioration issue or safety concerns to the travelling public. Historically, Emergency Bridge Funds have been invested in replacement design and construction efforts. The funds have enabled the City to leverage other funding sources, advance design efforts on B-List projects, ang address serious bridge needs.
2025 Budget Allocation
$1,000,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$22,500,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Intersection Improvements – Phase 1 (City-wide)
Description / Scope
Construct improvements at intersections that will reduce delay, improve air quality, and enhance safety for both motorized and non-motorized traffic.
The City’s Comprehensive Plan, Intermodal Transportation Plan (ITP), Bike Master Plan and the Complete Streets ordinance strongly recommend streets be designed to accommodate safe and efficient bicycle travel/access. There are many locations in the city where safe and adequate bicycle travel and access are not provided or need enhancement. Proposed bikeway improvements will continue to include: improve and construct bike lanes in accordance with the ITP and the City’s Bicycle Plan; install on-street bicycle lanes and connections to off-street facilities to close gaps on the existing bike network; improve connections from on-street bike lanes to the Colorado Springs trail system and residential/commercial centers; and, develop/implement improved signage to provide better wayfinding for cyclists.
2025 Budget Allocation
$500,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$5,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Roadway Safety and Traffic Operations – Phase 1 (City-wide)
Description / Scope
This capital program includes analysis, study, engineering and construction of intersection and corridor “spot” improvements to mitigate existing safety and traffic flow deficiencies. Proposed projects of this type will include the construction of traffic signals, roundabouts, auxiliary traffic lanes, traffic calming features, incorporation of multimodal enhancements, and other lower-cost geometric improvements. These projects may also install guard rail, construct/reconstruct medians, and install traffic control devices where warranted to improve traffic operations and safety.
The City’s Comprehensive Plan, Intermodal Transportation Plan (ITP), and the Complete Streets Policy strongly recommend streets be designed to accommodate safe and efficient pedestrian access. There are many locations in the city where safe and adequate pedestrian travel and access are not provided. Proposed pedestrian improvements will continue to construct missing pedestrian connections along transportation facilities, schools, and neighborhoods and will follow the Operations and Maintenance Division quadrant approach to improve safety and develop/implement improved pedestrian connectivity.
2025 Budget Allocation
$1,500,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$15,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Traffic Signal System Upgrade
Description / Scope
Design and reconstruct traffic signal systems across the City to modern signal standards.
2025 Budget Allocation
$500,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$14,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Transit Fleet Supplement – Phase 1
Description / Scope
Fund replacement and expansion transit service vehicle purchases: diesel, gasoline, and any low or zero emission vehicles including supporting infrastructure technologies to fuel and charge.
2025 Budget Allocation
$500,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$5,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Transit Service Enhancements – Phase 1
Description / Scope
Studies and service extension/expansion enhancements (e.g., Enhanced Transit studies and new/existing service improvements). Includes implementing study recommendations for Nevada Ave, Academy Blvd, Platte Ave, or other corridors identified for consideration in ConnectCOS. This program aims to bring public transit in the Colorado Springs area to a higher level by providing direct, frequent, efficient, and reliable transit solutions that continue to focus on improving the existing service area, advancing high-frequency core transit corridors to create improved mobility options for the entire community, improving service hours and frequencies, and implementing new and advanced technologies to improve reliability and advance fleet upgrades.
2025 Budget Allocation
$200,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$7,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Transit Stop and Station Improvements – Phase 1
Description / Scope
New or existing transit stops and stations; stop improvements could include, but not limited to, safety improvements, customer access, sidewalk connections, ADA-compliance, pre-board fare payment infrastructure, wayfinding, service kiosk, message boards, benches, trash receptacles, and shelters. Station examples include new/relocated stations or transfer centers at Chapel Hills Mall, Citadel Mall, Hancock/Academy, Pikes Peak CC, etc.
2025 Budget Allocation
$300,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$5,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Trail Program
Item
Response
Project Name
Foothills Trail Improvements
Description / Scope
Trail program to extend, realign, widen, reconstruct. and construct trails, access to trails, connections to attractions or other portions of the trail network, crossings, wayfinding, ADA improvements and other functional enhancements. May entail engineering, land procurement and construction activities.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$500,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Homestead Trail Improvements
Description / Scope
Trail program to extend, realign, widen, reconstruct, and construct trails, access to trails, connections to attractions or other portions of the trail network, crossings, wayfinding, ADA improvements and other functional enhancements. May entail engineering, land procurement and construction activities.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$1,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Midland Trail Improvements
Description / Scope
Multi-jurisdictional trail program to extend, realign, widen, reconstruct, and construct trails, access to trails, connections to attractions or other portions of the trail network, crossings, wayfinding, ADA: improvements and other functional enhancements. May entail engineering, land procurement, construction and ancillary trail activities.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$0
Estimate Schedule
TBD
Item
Response
Project Name
Palmer-Mesa Trail Improvements
Description / Scope
Trail program to extend, realign, widen, reconstruct, and construct trails, access to trails, connections to attractions or other portions of the trail network, crossings, wayfinding, ADA improvements and other functional enhancements. May entail engineering, land procurement and construction activities.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$500,000
Estimate Schedule
2026-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Pikes Peak Greenway Corridor Improvements
Description / Scope
Trail program to extend, realign, widen, reconstruct, and construct trails, access to trails, connections to attractions or other portions of the trail network, crossings, wayfinding, ADA improvements and other functional, enhancements. May entail engineering, land procurement and construction activities.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$2,000,000
Estimate Schedule
2026-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Shook’s Runs Trail Corridor Improvements
Description / Scope
Trail program to extend, realign, widen reconstruct, and construct trails, access to trails, connections to attractions or other portions of the trail network, crossings, wayfinding, ADA improvements and other functional enhancements. May entail engineering, land procurement and construction activities.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$400,000
Estimate Schedule
2026-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Sinton Trail Corridor Improvements
Description / Scope
Trail program to extend, realign, widen, reconstruct, and construct trails, access to trails, connections to attractions or other portions of the trail network, crossings, wayfinding, ADA improvements and other functional enhancements. May entail engineering, land procurement and construction activities.
2025 Budget Allocation
$100,000
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$500,000
Estimate Schedule
2025-2034
Item
Response
Project Name
Templeton Gap Trail Corridor Improvements
Description / Scope
Trail program to extend, realign, widen, reconstruct, and construct trails, access to trails, connections to attractions or other portions of the trail network, crossings, wayfinding, ADA improvements and other functional enhancements. May entail engineering, land procurement and construction activities.
2025 Budget Allocation
$0
Estimated Project Cost (PPRTA funding only)
$500,000
Estimate Schedule
2026-2034
Appendix B
City of Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority
2025 Maintenance Program
Maintenance Budget: $38,489,155
The City maintenance program preserve the service life of existing infrastructure assets and includes the following work:
Capital Project Maintenance: Addresses on-going maintenance of PPRTA-funded Capital projects, including landscape improvements, slope stability features, annual irrigation, and retaining and sound walls.
Bridge Repair and Maintenance: Addresses existing and continual maintenance activities on the City’s 228 major bridge structures (greater than 20 feet In length) and 231 minor bridge structures (between 4′ and 20′ in length}. Since the beginning of PPRTA in 2005, the funding provided by PPRTA for bridge maintenance has been invested to address several types of maintenance efforts. Results of this investment have enabled the City to move its efforts from mostly emergency response to a deliberate and planned bridge maintenance effort. The benefit to the community includes improvements in safety and a reduction in the loss of the use of bridges.
Safety and Traffic Operations: Addresses sign and signal maintenance, pavement markings, school safety improvements, streetlight maintenance, traffic safety and congestion mitigating projects and roadway safety planning and improvements.
Roadway Maintenance: Addresses pavement overlay and reconstruction with traditional asphalt and other innovative materials, and alternative treatments, such as chip seal, slurry seal, and wide crack seal. Includes pothole patching, crack sealing and minor roadway repairs. The pothole and crack seal activities are executed with the help of contract staff from temporary employment agencies using leased-purchased equipment. This also includes replacing deteriorated public curb and gutter, sidewalk, alley aprons, cross-pans and storm sewer pipes in conjunction with the City’s annual resurfacing program and citizen requests. Addresses high priority locations involving safety or other issues, including short sections of missing sidewalk in key pedestrian corridors, such as near schools and transit stops, replacing non-standard or deteriorated existing ADA ramps, as well as constructing new ramps where none exist. May also address retaining walls and other public structures within the right-of-way that may impede or jeopardize the traveling public.
