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In general, the project involves changing the locations of the <br />ditch to the north side of the Sand Pit, routing it through a bore about <br />• 24 feet under Academy Boulevard, then southward along Academy Boulevard <br />to reconnect with the er.isting ditch route. It may well be that <br />Daniel's Sand will 6e moving the ditch on its side of Academy, but that <br />would 6e a separate project and possibly years in the future. Approval <br />far such a change has been given 6y the ditch company. <br />The route described above would allow removal of the sand ridge <br />separating the Sand Fit and those portions of Daniel's Sand Pit ~2 west <br />of Academy. This would open the Sand Pit to the south turning it into a <br />cave rather than a deep pit. It would also allow the removal of the <br />hazardous, even deadly, pipe across Academy Boulevard. <br />In the long run the improvements that will occur on the site will <br />6e quite dramatic. The pit, which currently is rather useless as a <br />• building site, will be connected to the extensive platform being <br />produced in the Daniel's Sand Pit #2 area west of Academy Boulevard. <br />The opening of this site to the south will provide a means to produce an <br />er.cellent building site that should be complementary to the growing <br />industry in this portion of Colorado Springs. As a result of the change <br />not only will a large quantity of sand become available, but the <br />property values will increase many times. Dn the whale, this relatively <br />simple process of moving an irrigation ditch will be of great benefit to <br />all, especially those people who drive Academy Boulevard and are always <br />at risk of colliding with the concrete pillars supporting the ditch <br />pipe. The value of the lives that will 6e saved 6y removal of a hazard <br />far exceed the increases in property values. <br /> <br />F'AGE ~ OF 2 - INTRODUCTION <br />