The developers of Echo Spur on Rossi Hill, a project occupying a little-seen corner of Old Town, say they have made significant progress in the months since a neighborhood dispute about the condition of the construction site.
Connie Bilbrey, the developer, said in an interview the crews in the past approximately 10 months have put in two major retaining walls, water lines, sewer lines, curbs, gutters, sidewalks and a street. Much of the work was accomplished between June and November, Bilbrey said.
“We have completely improved the property,” he said, adding, “It looks really, really nice . . . It was very well done.”
The work followed a dispute between Bilbrey’s side and a few neighbors. City Hall became involved last spring, demanding the developers tidy up the site by removing construction equipment and restoring or replacing construction fencing, among other measures.
The neighbors at the time were incensed with the condition of the construction site. The dispute involved just a handful of people, though.
Matt Cassel, the Park City engineer and the City Hall staffer who intervened in 2009, acknowledged in an interview the progress that the developers have made. He said most of the tidying work occurred prior to the winter.
“A year ago, it was torn up,” Cassel said.
Bilbrey has said the stoppage of the work had been planned for the 2008-2009 winter, and the developers had anticipated restarting in the summer of 2009.
Echo Spur is situated close to roads like Rossi Hill Drive and McHenry Avenue. It is not visible from many vantages in Old Town, and there was little knowledge about the dispute outside the immediate neighborhood.
The development encompasses 16 house lots, but Bilbrey said it is likely only 12 houses will be built at Echo Spur. None of the lots are under construction.
Bilbrey said the developers intend to begin marketing Echo Spur in the spring, but none of the lots had been sold by the middle of February. He said construction could begin as early as June.