WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse announced the release of $15 million in Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help finish the CO 119 Diagonal Highway Mobility Improvement Project in Boulder and Longmont. Hickenlooper and Bennet pressed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to release these previously-held funds.

"This is exactly why we passed our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: to make Colorado roads safer. As this project nears completion, we're fighting to make sure Colorado gets the funding that was promised," s...