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Neighbors raise traffic, parking and notice concerns over Windermere preliminary-plan amendment
Summary
Residents told the El Paso County Planning Commission that a proposed preliminary-plan amendment for Windermere may worsen traffic and parking and that they had limited access to site plans; staff and engineers said minimum traffic and notification standards had been met but that further studies and escrow for a future signal are anticipated.
At the July 17 meeting of the El Paso County Planning Commission, a Windermere neighborhood resident and homeowner raised concerns about traffic, parking and public notice for a preliminary-plan amendment that would add multifamily housing to the subdivision.
Ben Vogelsong, a Windermere homeowner, told commissioners the neighborhood was designed for fewer units than the amendment anticipates and said adding 150 multifamily dwellings could strain two existing access points, worsen an already severe parking shortage and increase congestion during peak hours. Vogelsong said the developer’s traffic study did not fully account for existing overloaded conditions and that he could not find building drawings in the county’s EDARP system; he said he learned only eight of…
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