The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services killed a bill that would have required contracts for homes built at the former Lowry Bombing Range to disclose that the property may contain unexploded ordnance and that the quality of water may be unreliable.
It also would have required more of the property to be cleaned up than is planned for development or a delay to start work on the project until the U.S. government fully funded the cleanup.
“The bill was a complete waste of time and unnecessary because it repeated what is already required under Colorado statute in terms of disclosure,” said Chris Waggett, president of Lend Lease Communities. “If we can’t get a sustainable water source, we won’t have a project going forward.”
Last year, Lend Lease reached an agreement with the State Land Board, which owns the property east of E-470 and south of East Quincy Avenue, to build a mixed-use project on 3,800 acres, leaving the rest of the 26,000-acre site as open space. The Land Board acts as the trustee, and revenue generated from the property supports Colorado schools.
