State denies funds for County Road 5

RBC I It’s back to the drawing board for Rio Blanco County.
Or, perhaps more specifically, back to the wishing well.
The county was notified last week that its proposal to receive a slice of the financial pie available through Senate bill 232 (one-time state financial assistance to fund local government capital construction projects) was denied. The funds would have been used for safety improvements on County Road 5 — the main road through the…