EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — On Wednesday, a crew began removing old concrete panels in a block-long drainage ditch that was crumbling and had accumulated thick brush and piles of debris.
The ditch is between the intersection of Ford Street and Seneca Road, and Valley Street to the south, in the Cimarron Hills community just east of the Colorado Springs city limits.
Neighbors and nearby business owners have complained about the ditch’s condition for years, but a complication in repairing it was that local governments couldn’t agree on who had responsibility for maintaining it.
In 2024, El Paso County accepted responsibility for repairing the 500-foot channel.
“Our plan is to come in here and install a reinforced concrete-lined channel,” said Thomas Donahue, senior public works engineer for the county. “We’ll be increasing the capacity, which will accommodate larger flows than we would anticipate with larger storm events.”…