Bill would shift state funds to transportation projects

Despite being off to what some insiders consider a slow start, Colorado’s legislature is beginning to speed up, and Northern Colorado businesses arealong for the ride. Issues such as enterprise zones, takings and the state’s highways will venture to the floor of Colorado’s 60th General Assembly. January has been a “weeding-out period,´ said Sandra Hagen Potter, issues manager of the Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance. But she expectsseveral of the proposed transportation bills to come to the floor in February and March. Among the bills she and the NCLA are watching are Senate Bill 01, sponsored by Sen. Ray Powers, R-Denver,…