Colorado Department of Transportation leaders have the green light to move forward with a five-year project to overhaul the aging Interstate 270 corridor in north metro Denver, agency officials announced Tuesday.
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CDOT and the Federal High Administration published a final environmental impact report and record of decision for the I-270 corridor improvement project on Tuesday and said early construction work is expected to begin this fall.
The $806 million project will rebuild the highway between Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 in Adams County, which was built in the 1960s.
Construction will include two general-purpose lanes and one new express lane in each direction along with replacing 12 bridges, rebuilding the Vasquez Boulevard interchange, adding a pedestrian overpass bridge and improving on- and off-ramps at Interstate 76, state officials said.
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“I-270 has needed this kind of attention for a long time,” CDOT Executive Director Shoshana Lew said in a statement, adding that pursuing a more thorough environmental review was “the right call.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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