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Valley Roundup 2-26-16

Guests this week are Andy Stone, columnist for the Aspen Times, Jill Beathard, editor of the Snowmass Sun, John Stroud, reporter for the Glenwood Post Independent and Alycin Bektesh, reporter here at Aspen Public Radio.

 

A new way to get over the river on foot in Glenwood Springs has been created while the Grand Avenue Bridge is being constructed.

New ped connection gets city’s top priority

Downvalley communities ponder bridge impacts

Bridge project 'notching up' as second phase begins

 

And there has been talk about why Cottonwood Pass can’t be paved so there’s an alternate route when the Glenwood Canyon is closed. One reason is that it would cost about $200 million bucks.

We remember two longtime locals, Garfield County’s oldest resident and Krabloonik dog sledding founder Dan MacEachen, who passed away this week.

Krabloonik founder Dan MacEachen dies

Ida Toniolli, Garfield County's oldest resident, dies at 105

 

In Snowmass, developers are fighting each other in court about their roles in Base Village.

Aspen firm sues Related division over failed deal

Sunrise Company suing Related over failed Base Village lot sale

In Pitkin County, a homeowner won her lawsuit against the local government at the state supreme court level. Soon, she’ll be able to find out which neighbor lodged a complaint against her because of her home construction project.

Woman prevails in dispute with Pitkin County

And the city of Aspen is planning on jacking up parking rates by 50 percent to discourage locals from bringing their cars into town.

Parking lot uses could change in near future

Aspen parking fee hikes meet push back from business leaders