The Town of Bow Mar is moving forward with a plan to install gates on public streets, pressing forward despite warnings from neighboring Denver and Littleton mayors.

BOW MAR, Colo. — The tiny town of Bow Mar is moving forward with contracts to install gates at public street entrances, pressing ahead with a controversial plan that has drawn sharp warnings from the mayors of Denver and Littleton, raised legal questions about a town’s authority to restrict access to public roads and generated strong pushback online.

At a board of trustees meeting Monday attended by roughly 60 people in a crammed room, the town’s residents backed the plan and urged their trustees to push on despite the public bashing of the town and a warning of a response if the plan continues from Littleton and Denver.

The board of trustees was set to review a roughly $206,000 contract with Wizard Works Security Systems for gate installation at Sheridan Boulevard and Prospect Drive. A separate concrete subcontract added roughly $43,000 to the project’s cost. Residents of the 300-home community would receive tags that automatically lift the gates. Everyone else would need a code to get in.

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