The concept of commuter rail service from Fort Collins to Denver might be a popular idea but it could be more than six decades in the making, the Fort Collins Coloradoan reports.

A draft plan aimed at improving mobility along the North Front Range and Interstate 25 corridor in the years to come calls for about $2.6 billion in transportation projects, including establishing commuter rail and bus service and widening the interstate.

The improvements would be built in systematic phases, depending on the availability of funding, officials say.

But that could mean bus service from Greeley to Denver envisioned by the plan wouldn’t be a reality until 2035, and rail service from Fort Collins to Denver wouldn’t happen until 2075.

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