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Centennial's Havana/Easter redesign shifts to displaced left turn; hotel waterline forces early utility work
Summary
Staff outlined a displaced left turn concept for the Havana/Easter intersection to improve northbound throughput and said a nearby hotel’s waterline will conflict with a planned 25‑foot retaining wall; staff propose relocating the hotel waterline ahead of intersection construction and counting its cost toward the city's TIP match.
City staff presented a refined concept for the Havana and Easter intersection on May 13 and flagged a time‑sensitive utility conflict involving a nearby hotel under construction.
Public Works staff described a displaced left‑turn intersection that shifts left‑turn conflicts away from through traffic to improve capacity; staff said similar configurations have been built recently on Santa Fe and other Denver‑area corridors. The design would convert certain commercial driveways to right‑in/right‑out and rely on signage and lane markings to guide drivers through the new geometry.
During the presentation staff described a practical complication: a widely‑placed water line installed for a hotel (developer represented by Concord Hotels/owner’s rep Chris Hale) lies in the footprint of a planned 25‑foot retaining wall needed for the intersection geometry. The water line presently loops around the hotel with two points of connection for fire‑suppression redundancy.
Staff said the city met with Concord Hotels' representatives and the hotel’s utilities contractor and that rerouting the hotel water line ahead of intersection construction would avoid repeated future disruptions when the city crews or contractors later tie into the main. "What we're proposing to do is before they build this parking lot, go ahead and cut these sections out and 45 this and connect it so it goes behind our wall," the public works director said. Staff are seeking a ballpark cost estimate; early indications put redesign of the water line in the tens of thousands of dollars, but the total relocation cost is pending.
To avoid the hotel bearing the full cost and to preserve the city’s TIP funding match, staff proposed counting the utility relocation cost as part of the city’s match contribution for the TIP‑funded intersection project, pending final accounting and CDOT/TIP rules.
Staff emphasized the work must occur quickly to be done before the hotel paves its new parking lot; they asked council to consider the approach and noted they will return with costs and a recommended funding treatment.
