Tag: roads
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Water main break will shut down major Colorado Springs road for 2-3 days
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A portion of Garden of the Gods Road west of Interstate 25 will be closed for 2-3 days, according to a tweet from Colorado Springs police. All lanes of the thoroughfare will be shut down between Chestnut Road and Rusina Road over that period to…
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NEWS | Groundbreaking for CDOT road safety project
CDOT celebrates beginning of $159 million road safety project to Colorado Springs military posts.
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Snow totals around Colorado after overnight storm
A whirlwind storm scattered snow across the Front Range and turned roads into ice sheets Monday night and into early Tuesday. Colorado Springs tracked 5.3 inches of snow so far this April, ahead of the normal 4.9 inches. The city is also well ahead of its seasonal snowfall average of 38.6 inches with 52.5 inches…
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Pedestrian ramps to be installed at busy Falcon intersection
El Paso County Department of Public Works’ contractor plans to install a pedestrian curb ramp at a heavily trafficked intersection in Falcon, a county news release announced Thursday. The county scheduled the crews to install ADA compatible pedestrian curb ramps starting Tuesday April 20 at the intersection of Rolling Thunder Way and Meridian Road, the…
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Water main fiasco continues to disrupt Woodmen Road traffic
A water main break continued to upset traffic in Falcon Friday while crews worked to repair a burst pipe, officials said. Emergency crews from the Woodmen Hills Metropolitan District blocked off eastbound and westbound lanes of Woodmen Road between Highway 24 and Meridian Road Thursday afternoon when the leak began, a county news release said.…
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Round two between auditor and audit committee versus state’s civil rights agency
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After a scathing audit in September when the state auditor called the operations of the Colorado Division of Civil Rights and the state’s Civil Rights Commission on the carpet over delays and transparency, the agency and commission fired back Tuesday with a letter that some said was…
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Round two between auditor and audit committee versus state’s civil rights agency
After a scathing audit in September when the state auditor called the operations of the Colorado Division of Civil Rights and the state’s Civil Rights Commission on the carpet over delays and transparency, the agency and commission fired back Tuesday with a letter that some said was an effort to rewrite history. In September, the auditor called…
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Denver Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca’s proposed budget changes die on council floor
Mayor Michael Hancock faced yet another direct challenge from Democratic City Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca on Monday when she targeted his 2020 budget proposal — and the process — during a City Council meeting. The progressive first-year officeholder presented eight budget changes as part of the “beginning of a long-term effort to change the way Denver city budgets…
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Right-leaning group’s report gives Colorado a ‘D’ in finances
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s fiscal health has been graded a “D” by a think tank tied to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the right-wing State Policy Network. Colorado’s low grade was based on $7,200 of tax burden per taxpayer, almost entirely tied to the state’s underfunded pension plan,…
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Right-leaning group’s report gives Colorado a ‘D’ in finances
Colorado’s fiscal health has been graded a “D” by a think tank tied to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the right-wing State Policy Network. Colorado’s low grade was based on $7,200 of tax burden per taxpayer, almost entirely tied to the state’s underfunded pension plan, according to a report from Truth in Accounting (TIA), released…