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Man shot, killed by police Suspect killed after police chase through Denver, Thornton Staff Report Rendering of the future Whole Foods in the Bradburn subdivision in Westminster. Courtesy graphic
in 2000,” said Roger Pecsok with Continuum Partners, LLC, the Bradburn developer. “This market is the last remaining parcel of land available for retail or commercial development in the project.”
Thornton and Denver police killed a man Jan. 2 who they say pointed a gun at the officers in the 300 block of East 88th Avenue. Wesley Maldonado, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident began when Thornton police were called to the Renaissance 88 Apartments at approximately 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, on a possible domestic violence incident where it was reported a gun had been fired. As officers were arriving at the scene, the suspect was observed leaving the area in a vehicle. The suspect eluded officers after they tried to stop him and led them on a 30-minute chase through Denver and back to the apartment complex of the
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Whole Foods coming to Bradburn Village
By Ashley Reimers
areimers@coloradocommunitymedia.com By the end of this year, residents in the Bradburn Village subdivision will be welcoming a Whole Foods Market to their neighborhood. Construction is already underway for the 35,000-square-foot build-
ing, which will be located on the southeast corner of Vrain Street and West 120th Avenue in the Westminster subdivision. The new store will be a relocation of the current Whole Foods at 92nd Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard in Westminster. “Whole Foods is a great addition to the neighborhood, which was first developed
E-470 toll rates on the increase By Tammy Kranz
tkranz@coloradocommunitymedia.com E-470 motorists are shelling out more on their toll fees this year. Starting Jan. 1, rates increased by 5-10 cents for ExpressToll customers and 1015 for License Plate Toll customers. Rates vary depending on if the tolling location is a ramp or toll plaza. The increases are part of the E470 Board of Directors policy to do small annual increases as opposed to waiting every three years for toll increases. “This change was made so that the toll increases would have less impact on customers’ driving expense over time, and correspond to the authority’s scheduled annual increases in debt service payments,” said E-479 Director of Finance Stan Koniz in a statement. The increases are necessary to help the board pay off its $1.6 billion bond debt, which is scheduled to be paid off in 2041, said E-470 public information spokesman Dan Christopherson. The new rates for two-axle vehicles are: ·ExpressToll rate at Toll Plaza A between Chambers Road and Peoria Street will be $2.45; the rate will be $2.70 at the other four toll plazas. All ExpressToll ramp tolls will increase to $1.10, up 5 cents. ·License Plate Toll rates at Toll Plaza A will rise to $3.05, up 10 cents; the LPT rate will rise to $3.40 at all other toll plazas, up 15 cents. All LPT ramp tolls will increase to POSTAL ADDRESS
$1.40, up 10 cents. Rates for vehicles with more than two axles can be found online at www.expresstoll.com. E-470 was built in several phases, with the first segment opening in 1991. The entire route is 47 miles and was finished in 2003. All of E-470 is tolled and connects to C-470. “C-470 was built before E-470 and was financed with state and federal funds,” Christopherson said. “There was no state or federal funding available to build E-470, so the municipal and county governments that foresaw the need for an eastern beltway decided to finance E-470 as a toll road.” E-470 is financed, constructed, operated and governed by the E-470 Public Highway Authority, which is composed of eight local governments: Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties, and the municipalities of Aurora, Brighton, Commerce City, Parker and Thornton, he added. The Authority has issued ExpressToll transponders for nearly one million vehicles. E-470 runs in close proximity to Denver International Airport, Barr Lake State Park, Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, Adams County Fair Grounds, Arapahoe Park Racetrack, Aurora Reservoir, Southlands mall, Saddlerock Golf Course, Centennial Airport and the Park Meadows shopping mall and retail district.
Motorists are automatically a license plate toll customer on E-470 if they do not have a windshield-mounted ExpressToll customer device on their vehicles. Cameras, like the one shown here, photograph license plates and nonExpressToll customers get a statement mailed to them. Photo courtesy of E-470
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