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Transportation Commission
The state's transportation
system is managed by the Colorado Department of Transportation under
the direction of the Transportation Commission. The commission is comprised
of 11 commissioners who represent specific districts. Each commissioner
is appointed by the Governor, confirmed by the Senate, and serves a
four-year term. To provide continuity, the Commissioners' term expiration
dates are staggered every two years.
Under state
law, the powers and duties of the Transportation Commission include:
- Formulating
general policy with respect to the management, construction, and maintenance
of public highways and other transportation systems in the state:
- Advising and
making recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly relative
to transportation policy; and
- Promulgating
and adopting Transportation Department budgets and programs, including
construction priorities and approval of extensions of abandonments
of the state highway system. (The General Assembly appropriates the
administrative budget
for the Department.)
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