DENVER (AP) — Gov. John Hickenlooper and the head of Colorado’s transportation department said Friday more construction projects will start sooner because of a new budgeting plan that’s expected to free up $300 million annually over five years.

Hickenlooper and Colorado Department of Transportation executive director Don Hunt said projects will begin based on the money the state currently has saved up for projects, a change from the current system of waiting to save all the money needed to begin a project, which takes years.