Outdoor seating in February at Ernie’s in Durango, Feb. 26, 2021. A state program that helped Colorado cities convert car lanes to restaurant dining space and pedestrian malls in their downtowns will likely soon get a big boost. Both chambers of the legislature have approved a funding boost for the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Revitalizing Main Streets program, which aimed to help businesses during the height of the pandemic last year. The bill would shift $30 million from the general fund to that program and also allow CDOT to expand its Denver metro-focused Safer Main Streets program statewide. Conor Cahill, a spokesman for Gov. Jared Polis, did not explicitly say if and when the governor will sign the legislation. But he said Polis is “grateful” to the legislature for prioritizing the funding.