Copper Ridge plan in jeopardy after road plan voted down
The El Paso County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously today to reject a partnership between the county and developer for the proposed Copper Ridge shopping center. Under the agreement, a portion of sales tax revenue from the shopping center would pay for an extension of Powers Boulevard. The road extension is crucial to plans to [...]
The Colorado Department of Transportation presented an ambitious, expensive plan to the El Paso County Commissioners Thursday to convert Powers Boulevard into an eight-lane, limited-access freeway. Estimated to cost $730 million, the plan would be paid for by a combination of local, state, and federal dollars and cover the middle stretch of Powers, from Milton [...]
Continue reading …Academy Boulevard awaits redevelopment effort About one year ago, city planners presented the “Academy Boulevard Corridor Revitalization Plan Update” to city council. First conceived during 2007, the report focuses on opportunities characterizing abandoned shopping centers and weed-strewn vacant lots as “redevelopment opportunities.” The plan defined the corridor as that portion of Academy and surrounding neighborhoods [...]
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