Denver, CO – State Representative Dan Woog has introduced a bill to repeal a 29-cent fee applied to every delivery in Colorado, citing the financial burden on residents. The fee, part of a $5 billion transportation bill passed four years ago, funds road and bridge construction as well as clean transit projects.

The delivery fee, which applies to everything from pizza and groceries to Amazon purchases and office supplies, has been a point of contention for many Coloradans. Woog, who represents both liberal Boulder County and conservative Weld County, says constituents from both areas are tired of lawmakers “nickeling and diming” them with fees.

“I do think there’s a great awareness right now,” Woog stated. “People feel it. They’re having trouble paying their bills. They’re putting some of their utility bills on their credit card. That’s not a way to live. So I do believe many, many residents in Colorado feel this, or at least see that there are so many different fees that are nickeling and diming us to death, and we just need some common-sense legislation.”

The fee is expected to cost Coloradans about $200 million between July 2024 and June 2025. Most of the money goes to the Highway Users Tax Fund, which is the main source of funding for road and bridge construction at the state and local level, while just over a third of the money goes to clean transit projects.

However, not everyone is in favor of repealing the fee. State Representative Meg Froelich, who chairs the House Transportation Committee, argues that repealing the fee could cost Coloradans more in the long run. “We certainly do hear concerns about the cost of living and rising costs,” Froelich said. “While that is true, I will also say we also hear, equally and loudly, about the state of our roads and transportation, and the cost of hitting a pothole and losing a rim, and missing days of work.”

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) also supports the fee, pointing to the revenue it has generated as proof it hasn’t hurt deliveries. CDOT says other states are now considering a similar fee to fund transportation projects.

The bill introduced by Woog did not make it past a house committee vote, with Democrats opposed to repealing it and Republicans in support.

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