Beltways bring ‘edge cities’

BROOMFIELD – With any beltway comes questions of its impact: Do beltways produce sprawl? Or do they ease congestion?

One prediction with some certainty is that the Northwest Parkway will affect the land surrounding access points, such as the 96th Street Interchange and U.S. 36, U.S. 287 and Interstate 25.

Because Interlocken business park, which eventually may be home to 20,000 to 25,000 workers, and its adjacent development are expanding at the intersection of the Northwest Parkway and U.S. 36, considered a spoke out of the urban center, some would say the area has the beginnings of an “edge city.”

Edge cities…