(Photo By Kathryn Scott, Special to the Colorado Sun.) State and regional officials will instead focus on redeveloping the sprawling former rail repair areas at Burnham Yard in Denver, Colorado. Highway officials have given up on expanding lanes to unclog I-25 through central Denver. They appear somewhat stunned that CDOT has now said the equivalent of, “You’re right, we won’t.” Colorful graffiti covers the buildings inside the rail yards just west of the 10th/Osage RTD light rail station along Osage St. “That work in and of itself will be a major lift over many years, and completing it would be necessary before even thinking about a future action on I-25 of any significance,” CDOT spokesman Matt Inzeo said, when asked about Lew’s letter on the rail yard.Ī coalition of environmental and alternative transportation groups had just sent a group letter to CDOT, Denver and the Denver Regional Council of Governments in March demanding they drop any plans to add vehicle capacity on central I-25, and concentrate on other modes of transit. The letter to state economic development officials asks for an extension of loans secured last year for an enterprise fund of CDOT to buy Burnham Yard from Union Pacific. It has chosen to partner with the Federal Railroad Administration on its next study of the corridor. The agency now says it has no money for widening, and can handle only one federally required environmental review at a time. I-25 lane expansion through downtown Denver is dead for now Closeįor years, CDOT has commissioned deep studies of I-25 alternatives ranging from extra general-purpose lanes, to new managed or toll lanes, to congestion management fees at busy times, to “braiding” crowded entrance and exit ramps.
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