Closed lanes and traffic cones greeted some commuters on 17th Street on Monday morning as the first signal that a swell of summer repaving work has begun in downtown Denver.
Through mid-September, the city’s Department of Public Works expects to repave about 85 blocks of streets in the downtown core, roughly between Speer Boulevard and Broadway. The work follows the resurfacing of about 100 blocks last year, when the city kicked off the first wide-scale repaving of downtown since 2003.
This year, the roads targeted for the longest repaved stretches include Blake, Lawrence, Arapahoe, Curtis and Champa streets, as well as 18th through 21st streets.
Champa and a few blocks of 17th, between Larimer and Curtis streets, are up first. To keep tabs on the schedule, bookmark .
Denver Public Works’ citywide repaving program this year is budgeted at $27 million, with 450 lane miles set to receive fresh pavement. That’s slightly more lane miles than last year, partly as a result of city officials from marijuana sales tax proceeds.
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