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BoCo, briefly: May 15, 2024
Nederland’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to repeal the town’s Rights of Nature protections passed in 2021, The Mountain Ear reported. The resolutions recognized the “inherent and legal rights” of the “living and non-living natural components and communities” within 448 square miles of Boulder Creek watershed to “exist, maintain integral health, regenerate, evolve and be restored.”
Superior’s Rock Creek Parkway to get a $3.72M makeover
Rock Creek Parkway in Superior is slated to get a $3.72 million makeover this summer, with the dual goal of making pedestrians and bicycle riders feel more comfortable on the four-lane, double-divided road and making drivers feel like slowing down. The makeover plan calls for the road to be rebuilt...
Boulder’s Xcel community advisory panel gives feedback and wants answers on wildfire outages
On Tuesday, May 13, the Xcel Energy Partnership Community Advisory Panel provided feedback to representatives from Xcel Energy about the early April preemptive power outage. Many of the panel members’ concerns mirrored those expressed by Boulder City Council members to Robert Kenney, president of Xcel’s Colorado branch, on April 18.
City officials recommend against Boulder ban on gas-powered landscaping tools
City officials are recommending against any new regulations on gas-powered leaf blowers and other landscaping tools to the Boulder City Council. After several years of examining the environmental and noise pollution from these devices, they cited the high costs of electric alternatives, the limited availability of such equipment and equity concerns as reasons for not pursuing full electric equipment mandates right now.
Cemex vows to fight county's move to terminate right to operate cement plant
As the Cemex Corporation vows to fight Boulder County's move to terminate its right to operate a cement plant near Lyons, people who live in the area are mulling over the situation and what could be ahead. "I would be fine advocating for the plant to stay here if they were responsible and they had good reporting and they had good monitoring," said Eben Grace, who lives nearby. In a consent decree with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in late April, Cemex will pay $1.392 million and make improvements. That follows over $300,000 in fines in...
2 new trails in Boulder's Open Space Department near completion | Trail Trax
The highly anticipated North Sky Trail in Boulder County has a new bridge nearing completion as construction of the trail pushes forward, Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks Department (OSMP) announced Tuesday. The two new trails — Vesper Trail being the other — are part of an extensive trail repair,...
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