Author: Bill Mckeown
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400 floodway trees to be cut
The city of Colorado Springs will cut down more than 400 trees this winter in the Templeton Gap Floodway to protect property owners and the city should flooding occur in the area. The action by the Stormwater Enterprise comes after the Army Corps of Engineers decided the regulated portion of the floodway extends east of…
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2 local men living life at full throttle
At an age when no one could blame them if they fretted over their prostates and left greasy impressions on their recliners, Jerry Pokorny and Jack Bergman are hanging it out, baby. And it feels good. It feels like life, stripped of all the boring stuff.This past summer, Pokorny, 61, of Black Forest and Bergman,…
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GETTING THERE: Billboards’ bright lights a nuisance, some say
El Paso County has the distinction – dubious or not, depending on your viewpoint – of having the most electronic billboards in the state. In fact, there are only six such state-of-the-art billboards in Colorado – and five of them are right here in River City. Thursday, some folks bothered by what they call the…
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Intersection at Powers, Woodmen finsihed ahead of schedule
A massive project to build an interchange at the intersection of Powers Boulevard and Woodmen Road, two of the region’s busiest roads, has been completed within budget and ahead of schedule, the Colorado Department of Transportation said Thursday. The $26 million project, begun in January 2007, was expected to be finished in spring or summer…
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Intersection of Constitution, Circle reopens
The busy intersection of Constitution Avenue and Circle Drive reopened to traffic about 2:25 p.m. Friday, three weeks after the intersection was closed for extensive renovations.Since the intersection’s closure Oct. 25, the tens of thousands of motorists who pass through the area each day had to find other routes. That is no longer necessary, city…
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A chance to discuss proposed truck route
A proposal to designate a portion of Austin Bluffs Parkway a truck route will be discussed at two upcoming public meetings, one Wednesday. The proposal to allow trucks to travel freely on Austin Bluffs between Nevada Avenue and Union Boulevard is sure to spark a variety of comments from the public and trucking industry, said…
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GETTING THERE: State cash for transit center looks shaky
It looks unlikely Colorado Springs will receive any state funding for a proposed transit center in the urban renewal area south of downtown, a development likely to make it more difficult for local officials to realize the ambitious project. The city hoped it would get a $12 million grant from the Colorado Transportation Commission to…
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VIDEO: Residents reflect on President-elect Obama
In a country scarred by the legacy of slavery, racial hatred and discrimination, and where race still can shape the course of a person’s life, the election Tuesday of Barack Obama seemed to say something fundamental about America’s heart and its yearning, even if imperfect, to live up to its ideals. When the Illinois senator…
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Speed limit on I-25 through Springs will get a boost to 65 mph
Have you been speeding on Interstate 25 through Colorado Springs and feeling guilty about it? Shed those negative vibes: You haven’t been alone. In fact, state traffic engineers have decided to raise the interstate’s speed limit through town after staking out traffic this summer with a radar gun and finding 85 percent of cars already…
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GETTING THERE: Area transit cash likely won’t be cut in ’09
Despite a floundering economy, the agency that funds many road and transit projects in the region expects to spend about the same amount of money in 2009 as it did this year. The proposed budget for the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority predicts the sales tax approved by voters in 2004 will raise $70.8 million…