Breckenridge voters approved a local tax on ski lift tickets yesterday, the first in the state鈥檚 history, 聽reported on Tuesday.聽The vote called for a 4.5 percent sales tax on聽single- and multiday tickets at Breckenridge Ski Resort. The tax is expected to bring in聽$3.5 million annually, which the town plans to devote to transit projects intended to alleviate traffic snarls during the busy ski season.
The tax was initially opposed by Vail Resorts, which operates Breckenridge, according to . An agreement between Vail Resorts and Breckenridge聽was reached in August,聽stipulating that聽the tax would not apply to season passes or summer lift tickets.
鈥淰ail Resorts and Breck are joined at the hip,鈥 Jerry Dziedzic, who worked to promote the tax proposal, told the聽Summit Daily. 鈥淣either could survive without the other.鈥
Vail Resorts will collect the聽tax beginning July 1, 2016.