Easy Traffic Makes Castle Rock a Great Place to Live

Denver, Houston, and Los Angeles are known for their sprawling suburbs. The downtown center blends almost seamlessly into the surrounding suburbs. While Denver's relatively mild climate, plethora of sporting events, and gorgeous mountains encourage people to move to the Denver metro area all the time, this flux of people leads to sprawling suburbs.

Denver has become one large city with the extension almost constant along the I-25 corridor from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. While many people still love Fort Collins and Colorado Springs and chose to settle there, they quickly find that the traffic is a complete hassle. The problem with both these cities is that there aren't quick by-pass roads that help alleviate congestion. Castle Rock residents; however, enjoy a great road system and less traffic congestion.

It is true, Castle Rock is smaller than Fort Collins and Colorado Springs but it is well positioned for growth. Currently there are three main exits for Castle Rock. The northern most exit, Founders and Meadows Parkway leads to housing subdivisions, the outlet shopping mall, and other shopping and dining. A helpful side note, gas is most expensive on this end of town. Gas prices can be as much as 12 cents higher on this north exit.

The center exit, Wolfensberger, is the portal to downtown Castle Rock with more homes, antique shopping, bars, and some of the best dining in Castle Rock including Sienna, Angies, and the new restaurant, Unisali. Gas prices are at the medium range in this center exit.

The southern most exit, Plum Creek Parkway boasts the cheapest gas in the south Denver metro area. Be sure to fill up if you are in the area; however, some of the gas stations nearest the exit are a bit strange. The gas station closest to the highway, which is very popular with the locals, does not have auto pay at the pump. You have to pay the old fashioned way and talk to the friendly clerk at the window. The gas station directly across the street has bio fuel and offers the same price, but driver beware. The station does not have enough space for cars to fuel up and pull out of the facility which can mean you end up getting trapped in the lot and can't move your car until someone in front of you has finished fueling up.

The Plum Creek exit also has some dining but it is mostly an entrance to doctors offices, more housing subdivisions, the Douglas County Event Center, and the southern entrance to downtown Castle Rock. One caution to note, this exit is undergoing nearby construction as they extend another by-pass road (Coachline) which originates in the housing community called The Meadows. This by-pass is expected to be completed by the end of 2009.

Drivers in Castle Rock can easily travel from one end of the town to the other using the interstate, I-25 or two by-pass networks on the east and west side of the highway. I am very impressed with whomever was in charge of road development for Castle Rock because the town has been able to process its explosive growth and accommodate new driving residents without detracting from the quality of life.

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