Round-Up: Inter-governmental agreement reached for Incline; Task force to look at energy industry and local governments

By On February 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, AP, Business, Colorado Springs, Energy, Indoor/Outdoor Recreation, KRCC News, Local Issues, Manitou Springs, Molly Sinnott, Round-Up, Student Reporter

Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs City Councils agreed unanimously yesterday to approve an inter-governmental agreement for managing the Manitou Incline…and, Gov. John Hickenlooper is stepping into a dispute between local governments and the oil and gas industry over drilling by forming a task force to examine the issue.

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