President’s visit snarls traffic

while the academy graduation and the president’s visit brought excitement to the springs area… it had the unfortunate side effect of tangling up traffic. many drivers found themselves stuck in roadblocks to allow the president’s motorcade to travel to and from the academy. c-dot tried to ease congestion along i-25 by suspending work on the cimarron street and fillmore street interchange projects. and people caught in traffic tried to take it in stride. “i remember something about him going to speak, but i didn’t know it was today. so that’s okay, though. hopefully, i can get a look at the motorcade. it is kind of fascinating how much goes into it, with the security.” springs police say they had hundreds of people involved in security and traffic control related to the graduation and the president’s visit. we’ll hear more about the resources involved, coming up at five. it’s a