According to The Gazette, a proposed subdivision expansion of 180 homes in Monument, Colorado is being opposed by area residents who are citing concerns about traffic and wildfires. Monument is located about 20 miles north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County. Classic Homes, the developer behind the project, is planning to move forward with plans to remove trees and believes they are in compliance with the requirements of El Paso County’s land development code.
Conflicts between developers and the property’s neighbors are becoming more frequent in the county, as subdivisions have begun to crop up on rural lands. “Northern El Paso County is growing at such an alarming rate now already,” said Debbie Doty, a resident opposed to the plan. “I don’t think the infrastructure can keep up already with the development. They’re just adding more houses and more traffic and more people to a system that can’t sustain what we’ve already got.”
The new residents’ “lives are going to be in extreme danger” if a wildfire occurs, said Connie Connolly, who lives north of the site. “We’re not just thinking of ourselves. We’re thinking of the people who are going to be there.” Classic Homes still needs final plat approval from the Board of County Commissioners for the additional 180 homes, which the builder hopes to start work on this fall, Stimple said.
The commissioners won’t have much leeway in that decision, though, because it’s based on the developer’s adherence to technical requirements, said Craig Dossey, executive director of the county’s Planning and Community Development.
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