Bennet Amendment to Block Berlaimont Estates Project Fails to Make It Into Final Legislation

Bennet amendment to block Berlaimont Estates project fails to make it into final legislation

An amendment U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., introduced to block the construction of a road for the controversial Berlaimont Estates development near Edwards failed to make it into the final version of the bill. Bennet last week introduced the amendment into the Senate Interior Appropriations Bill, but the amendment did not make it into the final version of the bill, which the Senate passed with a 82-15 vote on Friday. Bennet voted against th…

Amendment to block public funding for road to Colorado luxury community dropped from public lands appropriations bill

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s amendment to block federal funding for a road climbing to a proposed luxury home community near Vail is dead.  Bennet, Colorado’s senior senator, wanted to keep funding for the understaffed Forest Service directed toward wildlife, wildfire mitigation, forest health and recreation when he scripted a short amendment to the Senate Interior Appropriations bill. The amendment was not included in the Senate appropriations bi…