Interchange landowners upset with assessment plan

WINDSOR – Owners of land surrounding a new interchange now under construction at I-25 and Colorado Highway 392 are upset with a plan to have them pay for about $5 million in unmet costs for the project.

The $27 million rebuild of the interchange was mostly funded with federal and state grants, but a shortfall of about $5 million is being paid by the cities of Fort Collins and Windsor, who cooperated to get the interchange replaced.

About two dozen landowners and ownership groups, with more than 40 parcels surrounding the interchange, are being asked to pay assessments on their properties at…