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Local businesses press Alamosa officials over outreach and possible economic impacts of access-control plan
Summary
At a Feb. work session, business owners urged the city and CDOT to improve outreach and to clarify how parcel-level access conditions could affect operations, citing examples including gas stations, a multi-tenant property near Chili's and Monte Vista Cooperative's pumps.
Local business owners used the city’s public comment period to press Alamosa City Council and CDOT on how the proposed access control plan might affect daily operations, revenues and hiring at sites along the Highway 160/285 corridor.
Multiple commenters said they received little or no direct notice about earlier meetings and worried that access consolidation or right-in/right-out restrictions could push traffic onto private parking lots or require customers and trucks to make lengthy detours. "Once that business changes, then a lot of that traffic gets driven through our property," said Brian Cook, whose multi-tenant property north of Chili’s is shown on the draft map as affected by future access changes. "We get no…
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