State Bill Colorado reports that the sponsor of the FASTER bill said a lawmaker’s proposal to fund a streetcar line along Colfax Avenue using dollars from the statewide hike in vehicle-registration fees might not be proper.

Rep. Joe Rice, D-Littleton, who sponsored FASTER and shepherded it through heated, partisan debate last spring, says he would be OK with Sen. Chris Romer’s idea as long as the state’s revenue share isn’t touched and the streetcar project conforms to local government’s permissible use of the money–which he doubts.

“Were going to stay true to what we passed last year and I don’t think this falls under either category,” said Rice.

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The Denver Post reports that Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, plans to introduce a bill that would spend a portion of last year’s increased vehicle registration fees to a special district that would coordinate financing, construction and operation of a streetcar line on Colfax Avenue in Denver and Aurora.

The state began collecting higher registration fees after last year’s legislature passed the FASTER transportation measure to pay for highway, bridge and transit improvements.

Go to the Denver Post to see the entire article.