Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Extension Project: Public Meeting – Opportunity for Public Comment

02/24/2015  |  by John Fernandez

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Thursday, March 3, 2016, 6 pm to 7 pm at the Central Park Recreation Center, Community Room, 9651 E. MLK Blvd.

The City and County of Denver is hosting a meeting for the purpose of requesting public comments on the project which consists of:

  • Extending MLK Blvd. as a four lane arterial street east 1.1 miles from Havana Street to Peoria Street.
  • Constructing detached multi-use paths on both sides of the roadway.
  • Installing landscaping in a raised median and between the roadway and multi-use paths.

The project is funded and start of construction is anticipated to begin late summer 2016. An Environmental Analysis (EA) prepared in 2011 is being updated.

A short presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. Post-meeting comments must be received on or before March 31 in order to become a part of the meeting record. Contacts for the meeting: Jane Boand, Senior Planner, City and County of Denver – Department of Public Works, 201 W. Colfax, Dept. 509, Denver, CO 80202, 720-865-3168, jane.boand@denvergov.org; and Dennis Arbogast, manager for the City’s consultant AECOM, at (303) 796-4751 or via email at dennis.arbogast@aecom.com.

1 Comment

  1. Toast2042

    13 ft travel lane? Is the speed limit going to be 50mph? A lane that wide with that large a clear zone will definitely encourage high speeds.

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