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Stephen Raher reports on the groundbreaking ceremony for the COSMIX construction project in Colorado Springs. And Philip Lightstone hits the streets to ask locals what they think is going on with the religious climate at the Air Force Academy.
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Stephen Raher reports on the groundbreaking ceremony for the COSMIX construction project in Colorado Springs. And Philip Lightstone hits the streets to ask locals what they think is going on with the religious climate at the Air Force Academy.
Broadcast History
July 2, 2005. Rebroadcast July 7.
Transcript
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ERIC WHITNEY: Last Thursday was the official ground breaking for the largest highway construction project ever undertaken in Colorado Springs. The Colorado Springs Metro Interstate Expansion Project, or COSMIX, will widen I-25 to six lanes through the city and overhaul several major interchanges. Stephen Raher was on hand for the groundbreaking and has this report.
STEPHEN RAHER: Elected officials, business leaders, and a lot of construction workers gathered on a grassy patch just off the Garden of the Gods exit ramp for a COSMIX groundbreaking ceremony, presided over by Governor Bill Owens.
GOV. BILL OWENS: If you ask just about anybody who travels through Colorado Springs, they'll agree with those studies that say that Colorado Springs has among the most congested traffic of any mid-sized city in the entire country.
RAHER: Owens pointed out that when I-25...
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