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Angry crowd confronts CDOT official over planned I-70 project

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An informational meeting organized by Colorado Department of Transportation officials was overtaken by local protesters Thursday night at the Swansea Recreation Center in Central Denver.

Officials had come to detail next-step plans on the $1.2 billion “Central 70” interstate project set to begin early next year. Construction crews will remake 10 miles of I-70 that cut through the neighborhoods of Elyria and Swansea between Interstate 25 and Chambers Road. The officials never got the chance to give their planned presentations. The protesters wanted answers, not information, and mostly, they wanted to halt the project.

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Feds launch civil rights investigation into I-70 expansion project through Denver

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Earthjustice’s civil rights complaint says the working-class neighborhood has coped for 50 years with the freeway’s original construction. Now it would bear the brunt of new negative effects on residents’ health, quality of life and economic well-being, since dozens would have to relocate. The complaint says the disproportionate impact would violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because CDOT likely will receive federal funding for the project.

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CDOT delays northeast Denver I-70 expansion project by a few months

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Until now, the impact-statement drafts have cited modeling from the Denver Regional Council of Governments that goes through 2035, but White said DRCOG recently updated its models through 2040. The Clean Air Act requires federal environmental impact documents to include data from the peak year of expected air emissions in the project area; given metro Denver’s growth, White said, 2040 will have worse emissions than 2035.

That projection hits on a key point of controversy over the project. The Sierra Club and community groups in March filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging recently changed federal air quality standards that allow for the I-70 project.

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So Denver wants an Intergovernmental Agreement with CDOT?

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June 10, 2015 · by Dennis Gallagher, Denver Auditor   So Denver wants an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) now with the Colorado Department of Transportation regarding the I-70 reconstruction through North Denver. That IGA would allow the city to actually start work and spend money on the I-70 reconstruction, when the decision about what that reconstruction will actually be; what it … Continue reading →

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CDOT’s 2040 Statewide Transportation Plan

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The State of Colorado’s multi-modal transportation system — all 23,000 lane miles, 3,400 bridges, and 35 mountain passes — is facing serious challenges: declining revenues met with weakened purchasing power and increased maintenance for aging infrastructure. Matthew King, a planner within the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Statewide planning program, provided us with an update on the Statewide Transportation Plan (SWP), … Continue reading →

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Community Meeting

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Denver and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) have proposed taking down the I-70 viaduct, rebuilding the highway below grade, and putting a “lid” over the lowered highway.  What should be on the lid?  Park, playground, playing fields?  Come to a Community Workshop on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Swansea Recreation Center, 4650 Columbine St. to share … Continue reading →

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