New Plan Could Close Quarry In Colorado Springs Mountain

An eyesore that dominates the mountains west of Colorado Springs will one day be re-vegetated and handed over for public use if a plan for a new quarry is approved in the next year. A proposed facility between Colorado Springs and Penrose off Hitch Rack Ranch Road could lead to the closure of the Pikeview Quarry in as little as five years, said Deborah Hileman, a spokeswoman for Transit Mix Concrete Company. The project depends on a permitting process that would require the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety and El Paso County to sign off on a change in land use on the almost 400 acres west of Highway 115 north of Penrose. Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette