![]() Design work on a new combined housing and childcare facility in Steamboat Springs, Colorado could be underway early next month. In an unusual partnership between Steamboat Springs and the Colorado Department of Transportation, the project may be built on the west side of the city, although a specific site has not yet been decided upon. The goal of the project is to provide apartment units and childcare space for snowplow drivers who are employed by the state. With an average annual snowfall of about 368 inches, the ski resort destination Steamboat Springs is always in need of snow removal support for its roads and streets. Both city and CDOT officials have been looking at ways to attract more snowplow drivers to northern Colorado and see the prospect of affordable housing on state-owned sites as an important incentive. Notes the Steamboat Springs Pilot newspaper: combined housing and childcare facilities might well “lure plow drivers with families to CDOT’s vacant jobs,” while the agency sees “drivers with families as more stable candidates.” The exact size of the new housing project has yet to be determined, although it is expected that more specific details will be revealed during an upcoming conceptual design process. By Garry Boulard
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