Overview
Each year, the 311 Cities and Counties of Colorado receive approximately $150 million from oil and gasoline tax receipts to fund maintenance of local roads. This money, collected through the Highway Users Tax Fund (HUTF) is distributed by the State Department of Revenue based on annual local road system reports submitted by eligible jurisdictions to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT).
Submission of updated annual reports is a condition of continuing to receive these funds. Denver's share is based on the number of street miles in the City and County of Denver as a percentage of all city mileage in the state.
The primary approach used to find the unclaimed streets was to link the Denver Street Centerline GIS layer to the CDOT/HUFT tabular inventory database accurate reporting of street mileage is critical to receiving a fair share of the total statewide funding for municipalities.
This project improves the quality, accuracy, and consistency of Denver's report and source data layers. This project identified 114 (net) miles of previously unclaimed streets, an increase of $170,000 per year in HUFT funds to Denver - about a 6.5% RAISE!, and reduced staff time in the future to complete this report.