The Colorado Springs Utilities Board of Directors approved a trio of land acquisitions at its meeting Wednesday afternoon to prepare for a future relocation of a power substation.
The three agreements cover roughly 7.3 acres of land near North Academy Boulevard and East La Salle Street, near the existing Rock Island substation. The deals are worth a combined $7.26 million.
The Rock Island substation is now located in the large median where Academy Boulevard splits into separate north and south roads. Utilities staff said the location had very little room to expand and that any construction or maintenance project that does take place there causes major traffic issues. The land would allow Utilities to relocate the substation to a larger section of land on the other side of North Academy Boulevard…