Here are 5 key issues as state’s population swells

DENVER – The same growth that has brought Colorado good jobs, new amenities and, for a time, the country’s lowest unemployment rate has also driven housing prices through the roof and choked city streets and state highways.

The Denver Post reports that there’s no end in sight. State demographers expect Colorado to add another 2.2 million people by 2040. That, by historical standards, is slow, steady growth, but it still represents a 39 percent jump from the 5.6 million people who live here today.

So far, there’s little indication that Colorado will be any better equipped to deal with future growth than with the people it already has. Housing prices continue to grow. Traffic continues to slow. And warnings about the state’s deficiencies in these and other areas have so far led to few dramatic actions by state leaders. The state also has water worries, an aging population that will create new demands, and there is a growing divide between urban and rural Colorado.,

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