Transportion Plan for East Aurora

Source:  https://www.auroragov.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1881137/File/Business%20Services/Planning/NEATS%20Update%202018%20Report%20FINAL%2011-16-2018%20DS%20wAppendices%208.5x11.pdf

What is interesting here: 

1) This shows 4 new interchanges: Picadilly/I-70 (which I just wrote about), Harvest/I-70, 38th/E-470 and 48th/E-470.  

2) Harvest Road will be at least 4 lanes between 26th Avenue and Jewell.
3) There is another east-west street planned between Picadilly and Monaghan between I-70 and 6th Avenue.  I don't even know the name of it, maybe 13th Avenue.  Or Colfax, that would be cool.
4) Between 38th Avenue and 64th Avenue there is another north-south street planned called Tibet St.
5) Picadilly Rd will extend all the way north to Pena Blvd, but there will be no interchange at either E-470 or Pena.

For an earlier version, see https://aurorainfill.blogspot.com/2017/04/new-boulevard-map.html

Waterstone

Source: https://www.lennar.com/new-homes/colorado/denver/aurora/waterstone

Waterstone is yet another new housing development being built in Aurora Colorado just north of the Murphy Creek development.  The semicircular design is interesting.

My main complaint is that is that this doesn't connect to the neighboring development to the west.  Ada Place here should connect to Ohio Avenue to the west.  It also should connect to Exposition Avenue to the northwest.  And to the east, it should connect to the as-yet unbuilt Harvest Road.  I can't believe the city would let them build it this way.   As a result, this will be very hard to get to, with only 2 connections to Mississippi to the south.

What is cool about this is that to the north and east this is bordered by the shallow Coal Creek.  And there are herds of deer that live there.

Harmony

Source: https://hereinharmony.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HAR-005-Land-Plan.pdf

This is directly to the east of Adonea.  The main development area is bound by 6th Avenue to the north, Powhaton Rd to the west, Exposition Avenue to the south and Monaghan Road to the east.
Sky Ranch, another development, is being built near Monaghan Road north of 6th Avenue, but 6th Avenue hasn't been built yet east of Powhaton.

Update:  This development apparently was previously called Sun Meadow (the area north of 1st Avenue), and Starfall (the area between 1st Avenue and Alameda Avenue.  On some real estate websites, there is mention of the Starfall Horizon neighborhood.  I guess Horizon sounds better.  I'm not sure when the name was changed.

Painted Prairie

Source: https://www.auroratv.org/video/aurora-2019

This is bounded by 64th Avenue on the north, Himalaya Rd/Ireland St on the west 56th Avenue on the south, and Picadilly St on the east.  I really like the grid made by 60th Avenue bisecting it west to east and Liverpool St (or is it Lisbon) north-to-south.  It has a large park in the middle of the eastern half. This will be a very nice development.

See also: https://aurorainfill.blogspot.com/2016/07/painted-prairie.html

Adonea

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLUgOcLOiMQ

Another subdivision under development.  Adonea is just the eastern part of the map, with Little River St as the dividing line.  The western part of the map is called "Traditions".

Prosper Subdivision No. 1

Source: https://www.arapahoegov.com/DocumentCenter/View/3950/Prosper-PP-Filing-1?bidId=

This is the first phase of Prosper, located south of Watkins in unincorporated Arapahoe County.  The preliminary plat was approved on August 15, 2017, so nothing has happened on this for 3 years.

The Board of Directors for Prosper Metropolitan District No. 1 met on November 25, 2019 and produced a budget with $0 expenditures in 2020.  The district also has no debt, thankfully.  See https://cdola.colorado.gov/local-government and search for:  Prosper Metropolitan District No. 1

The oval in the middle seems to be a park.

See also https://aurorainfill.blogspot.com/2017/03/aurora-will-not-prosper.html

I think this project is dead, especially with today's economic climate.  The project owner is Prosper Farms Investments LLC and the developer is Vogel & Associates and neither one seems to have deep pockets.  This is just a pipe dream.  Maybe in about 20 years it could be revived, but at that point they should just start from scratch on the plans.

I think they should turn it into a llama and alpaca farm.  They could charge admission to visitors, and they could sell the fur.

Picadilly Road Interchange

Source: https://www.auroragov.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1881137/File/Business%20Services/Planning/170%20Picadilly/04302019_Picadilly_Alt03_Map_01Reduced.pdf

This is a fascinating map.  Check out the original.  Construction will start in Spring 2022 and finish by Fall 2023.  The U.S. Dept of Transportation has already allocated $25 million towards construction of this.

Colfax Avenue will end at Picadilly.  Currently, westbound traffic on I-70 exits to the left on to Colfax.  In the new alignment, this exit will be closed and traffic will exit at Picadilly.  Also, the exit at Colfax/E-470/Gun Club will be totally redesigned.

Note the huge Amazon Fulfillment Center, which will be a heavy user of this interchange.

Also check out the cool Diverging Diamond simulation video:
https://www.auroragov.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1881137/Media/Picadilly%20Diverging%20Diamond%20for%20Website.mp4