Up to $12 million may be spent on the building of a new rail spur on the south side of Colorado Springs.
The project, which has been in the talking stage for several years and has just won the approval of the Colorado Springs City Council, will be an extension of a rail line serving the Colorado Springs Utilities company.
As planned, the rail spur will feed into a 3,000-acre industrial park that is expected to be the home to future heavy manufacturing activity, and will also serve the U.S. Army base at Fort Carson, some 9 miles to the southeast of Colorado Springs.
The spur will be built by the Dearborn, Michigan-based Edward C. Levy Company and will run roughly adjacent to Interstate 25. A rough timeline for the big project states that work is expected to begin sometime in the next 5 years.
The project’s connection to Fort Carson has been seen as especially significant, allowing for the movement of heavy equipment to that facility.
By Garry Boulard
