Tag: construction
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North Shore Marina at Lake Pueblo State Park to be replaced, expanded
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boaters at Lake Pueblo State Park can expect nearly 200 additional slips and a new general store when North Shore Marina is rebuilt during the next few years. Colorado Parks and Wildlife signed a 20-year contract with the marina’s operator, The O’Neil Group, for a…
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Gov. Jared Polis says Trump’s tariffs policy is disrupting Colorado’s exports, jobs
Kristi Burton-Brown: ‘If he wants to help businesses, he should stop increasing taxes on them and actually cut their taxes’
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Apartment construction slows after years of frenzied building in Colorado Springs
The red-hot pace of Colorado Springs-area apartment construction turned ice cold last year. From 2019 to 2023, multifamily developers pulled permits to build just over 14,000 apartments in the Springs and surrounding El Paso County — one of the hottest stretches of local apartment construction in recent memory that averaged a little more than 2,800…
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Eastbound Circle Drive bridge in southeast Colorado Springs set to reopen
Beginning Monday, motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians will have a safer way to get around southeast Colorado Springs. The Circle Drive eastbound bridge will open at 9 a.m. to traffic, more easily connecting the area to Interstate 25 and the rest of the city. The bridge is part of a major southeast artery spanning hundreds of feet of…
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WATCH: Rock blasting underway in I-70 Floyd Hill project
In an effort to improve sight lines, straighten roadway curves and alleviate traffic in a notorious stretch of I-70 corridor, CDOT is blasting into nearby mountains. The blasting process requires careful coordination with roads crews temporarily shutting down the freeway and first responders to ensure no ambulances may need to pass during a shutdown.
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Update: Fountain Creek stabilization underway, public meeting moved online
The Fountain Creek Watershed District has moved their public meeting on bank stabilization online. The district asks attendees log-in by 5:50 p.m. tonight at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86124461814. South of Colorado Springs, Fountain Creek has cut into deeply into the sandy soil, leaving a soaring bank about 50 feet high, so unstable an adjacent road has been closed…
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Water main to be installed on Marksheffel Road, traffic impacts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 18,000 feet of water main to be installed on Marksheffel Road, causing traffic impacts and delays between Peterson Space Force Base’s East Gate and Drennan Road starting Monday. Colorado Springs Utilities is spearheading the project, which hopes to improve water service reliability and…
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Water main to be installed on Marksheffel Road, traffic impacts
More than 18,000 feet of water main to be installed on Marksheffel Road, causing traffic impacts and delays between Peterson Space Force Base’s East Gate and Drennan Road starting Monday. Colorado Springs Utilities is spearheading the project, which hopes to improve water service reliability and water system redundancy. Traffic impacts will begin on Monday with…
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Nightly closures of portions of South Academy Blvd. start Monday
A portion of South Academy Boulevard will close overnight beginning Monday to continue work on the bridge deck overlay as part of the Military Access, Mobility & Safety Improvement Project. According to from the Colorado Department of Transportation, beginning Monday night, portions of east and westbound South Academy Boulevard. under Interstate 25 as part of…
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Showtime? Ford Amphitheater officials say new Colorado Springs music venue is ready for next week’s debut
With less than two weeks until pop band One Republic takes the stage Aug. 9 at the 8,000-seat Ford Amphitheater that’s under construction on Colorado Springs’ north side, the outdoor music venue isn’t quite ready for its first show. But it will be, its developer insists. “Oh yeah, no question about that,” said JW Roth,…