Board approves submittal of 2022 mileage report

Published on January 31, 2023

The 2022 Highway User Tax Fund (HUTF) Annual Mileage and Certification Report was approved by the Weld County Board of Commissioners last week. Similar to 2021’s report, there has been a slight change in the total amount of roadway Weld County is responsible for maintaining. The report will now be submitted to the Colorado Department of Transportation to determine how much money the county will receive from the HUTF to care for county roads in 2023.

As a result of nine annexations and 21 county road projects in 2022, many of which included paving, the total amount of roadway the county is responsible for maintaining decreased by just over nine miles from 2021. As of December 31, 2022, Weld County is responsible for maintaining 2,885.4 miles of roads within its transportation system — a figure that includes 751.8 miles of paved roads and 2,133.6 miles of gravel roads. In 2022, Weld County received $11,174,806.89 from the HUTF for road maintenance. The figure was the third highest amount given to all Colorado counties.

First established by the Colorado General Assembly in 1953, the HUTF is the state’s primary revenue generator for road projects, responsible for routinely bringing in more than $500 million annually, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT’s) Annual Final Budget Allocation Plan for the Fiscal Year of 2022-2023(PDF, 6MB). HUTF funds are derived from many sources including state-levied fuel taxes, vehicle registration fees, road usage fees and retail delivery fees. The state treasurer is responsible for distributing the money to municipalities, CDOT and counties, according to statutory formulas.

To learn more about road maintenance in Weld County, visit the Department of Public Works’ homepage. To learn more about the HUTF and view distribution breakdowns, visit the Colorado Department of the Treasury.