DENVER (KDVR) — The sixteenth Road Mall has been underneath building for 3 years, leaving the guts of downtown Denver coated in fences. Whereas the undertaking nonetheless has a methods to go, it is anticipated to wrap up in 2025.
The sixteenth Road Mall began building in 2022 in hopes of bettering security and mobility. Over the previous three years, the town has been engaged on demolishing the road and touching up storm and sewage work earlier than rebuilding the world.
By the point the fences come down, the road is rebuilt with a transit manner, bushes, new curbs at shuttle stops and extra. Denver opened up the primary a part of the mall in the summertime of 2024, with 4 blocks between Market and Curtis Road completed.
Nevertheless, there are nonetheless 9 blocks to go.
When will the fences come down at sixteenth Road Mall?
As of January, the sixteenth Road Mall Challenge mentioned there are nonetheless 9 blocks with fences from Curtis Road to Cleveland Place. There are six blocks within the first part of reconstructing the middle transitway and three blocks in part two of reconstructing adjoining buildings.
In January, the undertaking mentioned there’s a full closure at California and sixteenth Road by way of mid-January and Cleveland and sixteenth Road will stay closed by way of April.
This is a timeline of when every block ought to be full:
Whereas the undertaking seems to be engaged on phases that had been anticipated to have been completed within the fall of 2024, a Denver Division of Transportation and Infrastructure spokesperson mentioned the dashboard is updated, together with the ultimate timeline, which continues to be on time to be accomplished by the autumn.
