Colorado Gov. Jared Polis drops plans for Capitol pedestrian bridge after more than 82,000 people reject it

Gov Jared Polis is dropping his plans to build a million pedestrian bridge on the state Capitol s grounds after Coloradans overwhelmingly rejected the proposal in a newest survey Polis office made the announcement late Tuesday afternoon after releasing the results of the online survey which detected that nearly of its respondents rejected the idea Only people reported they needed the bridge to proceed In a report Polis sought to embrace the society s rejection of the project and pirouette away from a bridge that he and his office had championed for the past eight months despite opposition from neighborhood groups and legislators Though unscientific the results since the survey was launched early last week indicated intense opposition Coloradans were clear and I will stop the pedestrian walkway in its tracks he mentioned Related Articles Colorado personnel have turned over records to ICE four times this year including once by mistake EPA signals opposition to Colorado s plan to close coal power plants Amid criticism of planned pedestrian bridge Gov Jared Polis asks Coloradans Do you want this Polis joins other Democrats in opposing planned U S tariffs Colorado sues Trump administration over million in withheld development funding Dropping the project means the state will absorb roughly million in design costs for the bridge which would ve connected the Capitol with Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park by journeying over Lincoln Street Polis office had billed the project as a celebration of the state s th birthday next year With the proposal in the dustbin Polis office disclosed it will continue to work with the locality on how to best celebrate the anniversary of Colorado s entry into the United States as well as the country s th birthday next year This is a growing story and will be updated Stay up-to-date with Colorado Politics by signing up for our weekly newsletter The Spot