The proposed hotels would have sunbathers in an elevated 10,000 square-foot spot next to other social gatherings and 4-6 stories of 185 rooms with outdoor patios that would act as an amphitheater. The acoustics would blare out for blocks and blocks.

All the underground parking lots in Durango do not have cars driving over pedestrian sidewalks.

This hotel project has two parking garages, one on East Fifth Street and the other on East Second Avenue, where drivers would be going over pedestrian sidewalks.

Not only do little kids run in front of their parents on sidewalks, there are people with earbuds, texters, drinkers, pot smokers or just two people in love who could easily be hit by these cars.

Even with a new traffic light on East Second Avenue and College Drive, there would be more cars traveling out to the light on East Third Avenue.

From my house, I have heard brakes squealing, seen numerous T-bone accidents, including my next-door neighbor, all from cars turning left from East Fifth Street onto East Third Avenue. Typically, once the problems occur on any kind of roadway, there is a fix of some sort, but not if this hotel project ends up being built.

In my opinion, the noise and traffic issues that would be created from this mass construction capable of destruction is not worth all the money our city could make from lodging taxes. The personal-injury lawsuits would well outweigh the asking price for the 1.3 acres of raw land at $6 million.

A Ute Indian cultural center and/or a new site for the Durango Arts Center would be a better fit.

Sally Florence

Durango