Author: Bill Mckeown
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Contractor bids for roadwork exceed city’s budget
The city has hit an unexpected snag in its plan to reconstruct the problematic intersection at Constitution Avenue and Circle Drive: No one wants to do the work for the money the city has to spend. Andy Garton, senior civil engineer with the city, said this week that four bids from qualified contractors were recently…
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Getting there: Contractor bids for roadwork exceed city’s budget
The city has hit an unexpected snag in its plan to reconstruct the problematic intersection at Constitution Avenue and Circle Drive: No one wants to do the work for the money the city has to spend. Andy Garton, senior civil engineer with the city, said this week that four bids from qualified contractors were recently…
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Fire danger on rise along Front Range
The fire danger in the southern Front Range mountains and on prairie grasslands will be higher than normal the next 90 days, the U.S. Forest Service says. The short-range forecast for the region, issued by the agency this week, calls for higher-than-normal temperatures and less-than-normal moisture from the Palmer Divide to Rocky Ford from April…
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Tejon Street conversion work postponed
If you were planning to head downtown Monday morning to watch traffic flow both ways on Tejon Street, put away the lawn chairs: The conversion of the one-way section between Bijou Street and Vermijo Avenue was postponed Thursday morning.The reason is a weather forecast that calls for a 25 percent chance of rain and a…
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Artifacts offer peek into region’s ancient history
The sweep of human history in southern Colorado, neatly bagged or tagged, was spread across tables at the Monument Fire Center on Wednesday.The archaeological items, marked by use, time and weather, hint at a rich history of human habitation in this region, from the plains to the peaks and from the prehistoric to the Cold…
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Fountain police officers will rally in support of chief placed on leave
Members of a police fraternal order planned to rally in Fountain on Tuesday night, calling on city leaders to reinstate Police Chief Charles Crawford.Members of the Fountain Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #14 were to gather at Fountain Town Hall just before the regular council meeting to show support for the chief, who was placed…
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Work begins on Highway 16 and Interstate 25
It took a lot of planning, cooperation and lobbying for money, but a bunch of movers and shakers said Tuesday it was all worth it.Work has officially begun on the long-awaited rehabilitation of congested Colorado Highway 16 and its dilapidated junction with Interstate 25.The project, to be completed by spring 2010, is designed to ease…
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Spreading out the love of vets
Vietnam vets have long complained they were met with a less-than-enthusiastic response when they came home from war.How times have changed.Until things were ironed out recently, there was just a little bit too much love being showered on military members – past and present – in the region.The stage was set for an über-lovefest two…
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Ambitious transit plan falls flat with City Council
Colorado Springs transit managers missed the bus Monday, failing to win the City Council’s support for an ambitious plan to create a regional transit authority and a sales tax increase to fund it.The plan, developed by a consultant and the city’s transit services division, envisions a regional transit system replacing the city-funded Mountain Metro system.…
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GETTING THERE: Academy gets wired up to give drivers real-time crash reports
Everyone who drives in the region knows there’s at least one knot head on the road with them at any one time. The problem has always been spotting them before you get caught in their havoc. In a month, thanks to optic fiber, drivers will have that chance on Academy Boulevard. When the switch is…