FRISCO, CO – A draft report estimates it would cost about $15 billion to build a passenger rail route from Denver into the heart of Colorado ski country.

The Summit Daily News reported Tuesday the Rocky Mountain Rail Authority developed the cost estimate for a line connecting Denver International Airport with the Eagle County Airport west of Vail.

The route would parallel the heavily traveled Interstate 70 and have intermediate stops in Keystone and Frisco.

The draft report estimates it would cost another $5 billion to build a passenger rail route connecting Fort Collins on the north to Pueblo on the south, passing through Denver and Colorado Springs on the way. The rail authority was created by 45 cities, counties and other groups along the two routes.

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