2024 Project Archive

The City and County of Denver has updated Denver's default speed limit from 25mph to 20mph. This change applies to Denver's local streets - primarily the roads with no stripes that go through residential blocks. Additionally, wherever speed limit signs are not posted, the default speed limit will be 20 mph, per city ordinance.

Lowering the speed limit on local streets is part of a broader effort Denver is taking to address safety on our streets citywide. In 2017, the City and County of Denver set an ambitious goal of zero traffic-related deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Since then, Denver made significant investments in infrastructure to make city streets safer for all - especially our most vulnerable road users. By reducing the speed limit on our local streets, we can draw attention to the topic of vehicle speeds and help create a culture of safety within our neighborhoods where we are more likely to see people walking and biking.

Read more about 20 MPH Local Speed Limit Reduction

Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) improved pedestrian access, including new sidewalk sections, curbs, gutters, ramps, stairs, railings and lighting, along 44th Avenue between Delaware Street and Broadway. These improvements complement the neighborhood aesthetic and travel along 44th Avenue and improved safety and access for pedestrians traveling along this corridor.

This project began in fall 2023 and was completed in August 2024.

Read more about 44th Avenue & Broadway Pedestrian Accessibility Improvements

Broadway between I-25 and Highlands Ranch Parkway is a vibrant corridor where people live, work, eat and shop. This 11-mile stretch of Broadway provides local and regional connections through the City of County of Denver, Arapahoe County, cities of Englewood, Littleton and Centennial, and Douglas County. The City of Littleton partnered with these agencies to study the transportation and land use conditions along this section of Broadway.

The study examined existing conditions and future conditions for the different character areas along the corridor. The study concluded in Summer 2024.

Read more about Broadway Corridor Study

After extensive community input and technical planning and with funding from the Elevate Denver Bond, the City is building a more multi-modal Broadway from 7th to Center Avenues. A future phase of Denver Moves: Broadway that's conceptually designed, but not yet funded, could extend improvements north on Broadway from 7th Avenue to 16th Avenue.

Read more about Denver Moves: Broadway

The goal of this project was to improve the drainage and mitigate ponding and/or flooding that currently occurs in larger storm events. The Grays Peak General Storm includes projects in three locations. Ellsworth Avenue between Steele Street and Garfield Street in Cherry Creek, Wabash / Willow Alley and Sidewalk Improvements in the East Colfax neighborhood and Cedar Avenue and Perry Street in the Barnum neighborhood.

Wabash/Willow Alley, Cedar Ave/Perry St and Ellsworth Avenue Storm Phase 1 were completed in 2024.

Read more about Grays Peak General Storm

Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), in partnership with its contractor Concrete Express, has made improvements on Federal Boulevard between West 23rd and West 27th Avenues that help people cross the stretch more safely and comfortably to access local business destinations.

The project, funded by the voter-approved Elevate Denver Bond and the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Safer Main Streets Program, improved the environment for crossing Federal Boulevard and accessing business along W. 25th Avenue.

Learn more about North Federal Boulevard Pedestrian Safety Project

The Gateway Area Travel Study (Gateway Study) set out to understand how projects identified in the Far Northeast Area Plan (FNAP) Amendment and the Far Northeast Area Next Steps Study (Far NE NSS), potential alternatives for Peña Blvd, and continued growth and evolving land use will influence travel patterns in northeast Denver.

Read more about Peña Blvd Master Plan and Gateway Area Travel Study

In Fall 2022, Denver’s Department of Transportation began to engage with schools in the Mar Lee and Harvey Park neighborhoods to participate in a Travel Plan Study. Schools are selected by the SRTS Action Plan Prioritization and neighboring schools are then selected to maximize efficiencies.

DOTI's Safe Routes to School Program finished this work in the spring of 2024. The plan identified operational (traffic signal timing, roadway pavement markings, signs) changes that should be explored along with longer term infrastructure changes that DOTI is programming into the capital budget for engineering design and implementation.

If you would like a copy of the Travel Plan Study for the schools reviewed for this Travel Plan Study, please send an email to SRTS@denvergov.org.

Read more about SRTS Travel Plans: Mar Lee and Harvey Park Schools

To address recurring drainage problems, DOTI constructed a new storm sewer under Stuart Street, between West Colfax Avenue and Dry Gulch. The affected half-mile stretch of Stuart Street was repaved and includes new manholes, inlets and other improvements to redirect water into Dry Gulch.

Read more about Stuart Street Storm Improvements