PROJ00464

• Contract/PO #: FS0001X
• Contractor Name: Bennett, Town of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Adams
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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III - DESIGN AREA, DESIGN PERIOD & DESIGN POPULATION

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DESIGN AREA

Development within the existing Town limits is shown on Plate I.

Annexation during the last few years has substantially increased the total

area of the Town. Host of the recent annexations are still in the initial

stages of development; therefore a considerable number of vacant lots

exist within the incorporated area for residential construction. Also, a

substantial amount of land adjacent to State Highway 79 is available for

commercial development. Expansion of the existing boundaries could occur

in any direction. The only physical barriers to probable future expansion

is the western escarpmeut of Kiowa Creek, approximately one half mile east

of the present Town boundary,and Interstate Highway 70, approximately one

m;le south of Town (a 30G-foot wide strip adjacent to the east right-of-

way of State Highway 79 and extending from Town to the Interstate has

already been ann~~ed).

Growth can be expected to be predominately residential housing and

mobile home parks with supporting commercial businesses. Highway commer-

cial businesses can be expected to locate along the access routes into

Town and close to the Interstate interchanges. The comprehensive plan

for Bennett, prepared in 1974 by the Adams County Planning Department,

outlines two areas for probable industrial development. These areas are

located (1) northwest of the intersection of Interstate 70 - State Highway

79, and (2) adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad east of the present

Town boundary and extending from State Highway 79 on the north to U.S.

Highway 36 on the south and Kiowa Creek on the east. While this report

is essentially in agreement with these locations for probable industrial

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