Denver voters will decide in the Nov. 4 election whether to approve Mayor Mike Johnston’s six-year, roughly $1 billion "Vibrant Denver" borrowing proposal to fund infrastructure and road improvements, libraries, parks, and recreational amenities in the city.

The Denver City Council voted unanimously to refer the plan to the ballot, which will ask voters for authorization to issue general obligation bonds of up to $950 million.

The council also asked voters to consider five additional bills, individually, that cover each of the five categories of projects.

"This is not a perfect bond, but it is what we have with $950 million, the biggest, I think, in Denver's history," Denver City Council President Amanda Sandoval said.

Despite earlier differences on what projects to fund, most councilm

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