Tag: infrastructure
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Proposed $530 million budget includes infrastructure improvements, TABOR refund in El Paso County
El Paso County is planning a renewed focus on infrastructure and public safety and hopes to give property owners some financial relief, according to a Wednesday news release from the county. The El Paso County Services Department presented the plan during Wednesday’s meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, outlining a $530.8 million preliminary budget…
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Nearly $4 million approved for roads, infrastructure in eastern El Paso County
In June 2023, several heavy rainstorms descended upon El Paso County, causing floods that turned roadways into rivers, caused catastrophic damage to infrastructure, and led to a disaster declaration from the Biden Administration. At Tuesday’s El Paso County Board of Commissioners’ meeting, public works director Kevin Mastin said a future storm event is inevitable, and…
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Key U.S. 24 interchange upgrades, Academy Boulevard bridge study get federal grant boosts
Two key road infrastructure projects officials say will increase safety and mobility for travelers and military service members in Colorado Springs will receive infusions of federal funds to help push them toward the finish line. One grant will fund about 70% of the estimated cost to construct a new interchange into Peterson Space Force Base…
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Former Golden Gloves champ running unaffiliated in El Paso County Commissioner race
A 23-year-old former Golden Gloves boxer is hoping his lifelong ties to the Security-Widefield community will be enough to earn him a seat on the El Paso County Commission. Luis Ybarra Jr., is running against Republicans Cory Applegate, Karl Dent, Brenda Delgado Miller and Raymond Garcia, as well as Democratic at-large Councilwoman Detra Duncan to…
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Woodland Park’s mayoral, city council candidates share vision for the city
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the final votes are tallied in the Woodland Park mayoral election April 2, the city will have a new leader. Mayor pro tem Kellie Case and former planning commissioner Jerry Penland are hoping to replace the term-limited Hilary LaBarre. In addition to two years…
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Woodland Park’s mayoral, city council candidates share vision for the city
When the final votes are tallied in the Woodland Park mayoral election April 2, the city will have a new leader. Mayor pro tem Kellie Case and former planning commissioner Jerry Penland are hoping to replace the term-limited Hilary LaBarre. In addition to two years as Mayor Pro Tem, Case has spent 17 years as…
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Colorado Springs Utilities CEO: Governor’s carbon reduction plan may be too much, too soon
In 2021, Gov. Jared Polis released a long-range plan to make Colorado more environmentally friendly by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Titled the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Roadmap, the plan called for the state’s electric utilities — which generated the majority of fossil-based emissions in Colorado — to reduce greenhouse gas pollution at least 80% by 2030.…
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Colorado Springs mayor releases action plan guiding citywide goals in 2024
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade on Friday released a framework that intends to track the city’s work and its progress in 2024 on a number of action items. Developed around five priorities — public safety, infrastructure, housing solutions, economic vitality and community activation — the Strategic Doing Framework, as it is called, will “move ideas and plans…
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NEWS | Construction begins on the Platte Avenue Bridge over Sand Creek
Construction begins on the Platte Avenue Bridge over Sand Creek.(Video by Breeanna Jent)