Three public meetings are scheduled next week related to the Westside Highway 24 expansion.
One of these will be an Organization of Westside Neighbors (OWN) meeting Thursday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. at which citizens will be asked about starting a petition for
a less-massive project and helping fine-tune an alternative local version, according to OWN board member Amy Filipiak.
OWN, the city-recognized neighborhood advocacy group for the older Westside, has been speaking out for a smaller-scale highway expansion. The meeting will be
at the Gold Hill Substation, 955 W. Moreno Ave. For more information, call 471-4023.
A synopsis of the other two meetings follow:
Monday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. - Working Group. This is an informal group of area business, civic and political leaders that began meeting this summer to consider
lower-key alternatives to the Colorado Department of Transporta-tion (CDOT) proposals for the 4 ˝-mile segment between I-25 and Manitou Springs. No agenda
had been released at press time. The group meets at the Regional Building Department, 2880 International Circle.
Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 1:30 p.m. - Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments (PPACG) board. Item 7A on the agenda is titled “US 24 Corridor West
Environ-mental Assessment Up-date.” Two items that may pertain to the Highway 24 project are before that - item 6C (“Reconsideration of 2030 Small Area
Forecast) and 6D (“Amendment #3 to 2007-2012 Transportation Improvement Program”). PPACG meetings are in the lower-level conference room of the building
at 15 S. Seventh St.
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