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Cortez Officials Clarify Details of Main Street Median Project

Austin Cope
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Cortez
Cortez City Manager Shane Hale and Public Works Director Phil Johnson explain the median project to Cortez business owners at a meeting Thursday morning

Recent meetings with downtown Cortez business owners have helped to clear up some misconceptions about the installation of medians along several blocks of Main Street. The medians are intended to slow traffic and improve pedestrian safety. Officials say they will not reduce parking nor the number of traffic lanes, and will actually create a larger buffer zone for parallel parking. City Manager Shane Hale told the city council Tuesday the meetings allayed some concerns and the city is “getting a lot better buy-in” from people initially opposed to the plan. The $560,000 project, partially funded by a $200,000 state grant, is set to begin after Labor Day.

Gail Binkly is a career journalist who has worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette and Cortez Journal, and was the editor of the Four Corners Free Press, based in Cortez.
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