Author: Bill Mckeown
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GETTING THERE: Panel says roads are at ‘crisis’ level
Coloradans need to cough up $1.5 billion – probably through new fees and a higher state sales tax – to fix roads and bridges that have deteriorated to a “crisis” level and fund mass transit as oil supplies decline. That was the pitch last week by some members of Gov. Bill Ritter’s Blue Ribbon Transportation…
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Plan to narrow Cascade near CC meets opposition
Two Old North End men have submitted an appeal, backed by the signatures of 150 neighbors, contesting a proposal by Colorado College to reduce Cascade Avenue to one lane in each direction for 20 blocks and construct four traffic circles to slow traffic on the historic street that bisects the campus. Richard Sullivan and Dr.…
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SUNRISE EDITION: Enjoy sunny, mild weather today
Today is expected to be sunny in Colorado Springs, with a high temperature near 71 degrees and north winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of around 46 degrees and south winds 5 to 10 mph.LOCAL GAS PRICESAAA reported early today the current average price of regular gasoline in…
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GETTING THERE: Electric scooter really scoots
An interesting alternative to the gas-guzzling Yukon sucking you dry is now on the showroom floor at Rocky Mountain Cycle Plaza: an electric scooter capable of mixing it up on city streets. The Vectrix scooter gets the equivalent of 357 miles per gallon per electrical charge, which costs about 50 cents, said Steve Clark, general…
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Expect delays at Union/Austin Bluffs starting tonight
Motorists should expect delays and detours this weekend at Union Boulevard and Austin Bluffs Parkway, as crews scramble to finish the new interchange at the intersection.Beginning at 8 p.m. today, northbound and southbound Union Boulevard will be reduced to one lane, with no left turns allowed onto or from Union.That configuration will change at 8…
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Broad strokes of U.S. 24 expansion set; details to come later
The environmental assessment for proposed improvements to U.S. Highway 24 west will be submitted to the federal government for its approval in 2010. The plan, which sketches out the look of the proposed expressway, its impacts and how experts plan to mitigate those, has lot of details, some still to be worked out. But its…
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A glimpse down the road ahead for U.S. 24
State transportation experts have spent the last four years and nearly $7 million developing a plan for remaking U.S. Highway 24 west into an expressway capable of handling traffic in 2030.Ironically, say some, the plan dooms the already unsightly highway corridor to further decay until then.Call it the law of unintended consequences. State highway officials…
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Austin Bluffs bridge over Union opens this morning
The new Austin Bluffs Parkway bridge over Union Boulevard will open this morning in time for rush-hour traffic. The opening signals the beginning of the end for a massive, almost two-year construction project at the intersection of Union Boulevard and Austin Bluffs, the busiest in the city. Only two of the three lanes on the…
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GETTING THERE: Bicyclists have more road to roam
Colorado Springs will have added 17.4 miles of bicycle lanes by the time paving and striping season ends in late October. The new lanes, complete with striping and signs, will expand the miles of city bike lanes to 71.45, an increase of more than 30 percent. Kristin Bennett, the city’s senior transportation planner, said the…
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Union, Austin Bluffs intersection to close
Union Boulevard at the intersection of Austin Bluffs Parkway will be closed at 8 p.m. today through 6 a.m. Friday to allow construction crews to work on the interchange bridge.Drivers can expect detours and delays and are urged to find alternate routes.Northbound Union traffic will be detoured eastbound on Austin Blufis to Academy Boulevard. Southbound…