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Manitou Springs focuses on repaving streets with new asphalt layer

Krdo · · 376 words · By Scott Harrison
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Manitou Springs focuses on repaving streets with new asphalt layer MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo.

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What happened

Manitou Springs focuses on repaving streets with new asphalt layer MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo.

Why it matters

(KRDO) -- At this time a year ago, crews were responding to several water main breaks while also trying to schedule numerous street repaving projects.

Common ground

But with water main repairs not being an issue so far this year, crews can focus more on repaving, and they applied the first new layer of asphalt this week on Shoshone Place, a dead-end street on the southwest side of town.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The town is using a process known as full-depth reclamation in this year's repaving.”
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The evidence provided for this claim discusses the Manitou Group (equipment manufacturer) and general geography, but does not mention 'full-depth reclamation' or repaving processes in Manitou Springs.
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web search NEUTRAL — Manitou has entered the names of several places in North America. The name of Lake Manitoba (for which the Canadian province of Manitoba is named) derives from the area called manitou-wapow, or "strai…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitou
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web search NEUTRAL — Manitou is a French heavy equipment manufacturer that makes forklifts, cherry pickers, telehandlers, and other heavy equipment. Manitou started in France in 1957 when Marcel Braud designed the first f…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitou_Group
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web search NEUTRAL — Manitou Group is a French company based in Loire-Atlantique, specializing in the manufacture of handling, lifting and earthmoving equipment for agriculture, construction and industry. Our machines, su…
https://www.manitou.com/
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Claim 2: “they applied the first new layer of asphalt this week on Shoshone Place, a dead-end street on the southwest side of town”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Manitou and the Manitou Group, but contains no mention of Shoshone Place or asphalt application.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barker House was once a hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado in the Manitou Springs Historic District. It is a National Register of Historic Places listing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barker_House_(Manitou_Springs,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Manitou Mineral Springs are natural mineral springs in Manitou Springs, Colorado and Cheyenne Spring House is on the National Register of Historic Places. The springs are located in one of the country…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitou_Mineral_Springs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Manitou Springs Historic District in Manitou Springs, Colorado is roughly bounded by US 24, Ruxton Avenue, El Paso Boulevard and Iron Mountain Avenue. Listed in the National Register of Historic Place…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitou_Springs_Historic_Distr…
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Claim 3: “the town's paving budget is approximately $500,000 and comes from sales tax revenue of the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (PPRTA).”
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The claim is directly confirmed by a KRDO news report stating the budget is approximately $500,000 from PPRTA sales tax, and is further supported by LegalClarity and the PPRTA website confirming the existence and nature of the PPRTA sales tax and its membership including Manitou Springs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Manitou Springs Incline, also known as the Manitou Incline or simply the Incline, is a popular hiking trail rising above Manitou Springs, Colorado, near Colorado Springs. The Incline ascends Mount…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitou_Incline
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Manitou Springs is a home rule municipality located at the foot of Pikes Peak in western El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The town was founded for its natural mineral springs. The downtown are…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitou_Springs,_Colorado
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pikes Peak or America's Mountain is an ultra-prominent fourteener of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Pikes Peak's summit, with an elevation of 14,115 ft (4,302 m) above sea le…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikes_Peak
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Claim 4: “Crews also applied what Schmitt described as "permanent patches" on two areas of Manitou Avenue where some of the previous water main repairs were made.”
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The specific detail about 'permanent patches' on two areas of Manitou Avenue is reported by KRDO. While other sources confirm water main repairs on Manitou Avenue, they do not specifically mention the 'permanent patches' described by Schmitt.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fred W. Barr (1882-1940) ran a burro train business to Pikes Peak, but was known for his work blazing trails. He developed Barr Trail, built Barr Camp, and created other trails in the Pikes Peak area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Barr
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barr Trail is a 13-mile (21 km) trail in the Pike National Forest that begins in Manitou Springs, Colorado and ends at the Pikes Peak summit. The high-elevation trail with a long sustained grade is ra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barr_Trail
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — CBK (540 kHz) is a Canadian public radio station licensed to Watrous, Saskatchewan. It broadcasts the CBC Radio One network as a Class A clear-channel AM station powered at 50,000 watts around the clo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBK_(AM)
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Claim 5: “Manitou also will repave several streets, such as Indian Oaks Place, that were on last year's list but not paved as scheduled because of higher-than-expected costs.”
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The evidence provided contains general information about Colorado Springs, high schools, and hot springs, but does not mention Indian Oaks Place or specific deferred repaving schedules for Manitou Springs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of high schools in the state of Colorado by its county. There are 648 total.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_Colora…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a partial list of geothermal springs in the US State of Colorado. These springs range in volume from the hot springs around Glenwood Springs which keep the Colorado River from freezing for 50 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hot_springs_in_Colorad…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pagosa Springs (Ute language: Pagwöösa, Navajo language: Tó Sido Háálį́) is a home rule municipality that is the county seat, most populous community, and only incorporated municipality in Archuleta C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagosa_Springs,_Colorado
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