After years of in-fighting, more than $500,000 in taxpayer money, and thousands of hours in meetings, preparing studies and taking photographs, the Colorado Springs City Council has shelved the proposal to connect Constitution Avenue to I-25. The council Monday ignored its staff’s recommendation to extend Constitution Avenue to I-25 to create improved traffic flows along [...]
Continue reading …Cone zones and barricades are going to be part of Colorado’s freeway landscape for a long time if Gov. Bill Owens gets his $11.1 billion highway budget through the state legislature. Owens told members of local Rotary groups meeting in Colorado Springs last week that Colorado will need that much money if it’s not going [...]
Continue reading …A small California-based airline that has had as many downs as ups hopes for smoother air when it starts daily non-stop flights from Colorado Springs to Las Vegas, beginning Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. Allegiant Air, based in Fresno, California, will offer the round trip every day except Saturday, said company spokesman Mark Peterson. “Our most [...]
Continue reading …Woodmen Road under Interstate 25 was closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic from Saturday, Jan. 12 to Sunday, Jan. 13 to remove the old southbound I-25 bridge. Detour signs and state troopers were present while the demolition was in progress.The old southbound bridge was dismantled in phases, beginning with removing beams and guardrails, and [...]
Continue reading …With months of public hearings and preliminary planning behind them, organizers of a 6-mile extension of Woodmen Road to Highway 24 in Falcon are moving ahead on plans to improve and extend the busy arterial. Woodmen Road currently carries heavy daily commuter traffic on a two-lane stretch between Powers Boulevard east to Highway 24. “We [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs officials work to protect city in state’s redistricting plan
September 14, 2001 Comments OffLocal officials are joining forces in an effort to present a cohesive redistricting plan to the state’s redistricting commission later this month. Last week, the El Paso County Commissioners were the latest group to unanimously endorse a resolution that would keep El Paso County as one voting district. As regulated by law, the U.S. Census [...]
Continue reading …From the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau’s new location at 515 S. Cascade Avenue, Terry Sullivan met with local media earlier this week. He addressed the summer’s tourism statistics for the Pikes Peak region and distributed the results of the organization’s 2000 Conversion Study, conducted by area attractions and accommodations. According to Sullivan, of [...]
Continue reading …The Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation is getting closer to nailing down details for the construction of its trolley system in the downtown area of Colorado Springs and Old Colorado City.“What we’ll do is really bring something back that used to be — something out of the past, and kind of preserving the way [...]
Continue reading …Business is booming in the downtown area, but parking is a bust. Mark Bravdica, general manager for Art Hardware Inc. on 32 S. Tejon St., said that’s the main reason for the store’s relocation. “Our lease is up and we didn’t want to renew because we wanted (to move where there are) more parking spots,” [...]
Continue reading …Business is booming in the downtown area, but parking is a bust. Mark Bravdica, general manager for Art Hardware Inc. on 32 S. Tejon St., said that’s the main reason for the store’s relocation. “Our lease is up and we didn’t want to renew because we wanted (to move where there are) more parking spots,” [...]
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