Local voters to be asked for approval of $1.9 million street project

By Candie Fix

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The Town of Haxtun will ask voters to approve a $1.9 million street project during an election this November. Plans are to pave approximately 42 blocks of streets next year. The project would be partially funded with the current one-percent sales tax already in place with no increase in taxes to taxpayers.

The Town of Haxtun has also applied for a grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation Main Street Revitalization program. Those grant funds would allow for paving Colorado Avenue from Strohm Street at the Haxtun Fire Hall north to Haxtun Schools, in...