Construction is already underway on a Costco on the south end of Castle Rock, and the town is also looking to add a new Crystal Valley I-25 interchange there. It will serve the incoming Dawson Trails community that will bring 5,850 new homes to Castle Rock.
“Five thousand, eight hundred homes… that’s at least 5,800 vehicles on the road,” said Brad Smiley, who lives south of the development in unincorporated Douglas County.
Smiley says the quiet area he moved to in ’08 isn’t so quiet anymore.
“All that was empty when I moved in here,” said Smiley.
The recent development of Crystal Valley, expansion of an RV park, and widening of Interstate 25 through the South Gap project have meant constant construction and road safety concerns near Smiley.