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Longmont, CDOT outline grade-separated plan and multimodal upgrades for Hover Street-Highway 119

Longmont City Council · December 17, 2025
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Summary

City staff and the Colorado Department of Transportation presented a plan to reconstruct the Hover Street/State Highway 119 intersection with a single grade-separated movement, separated bikeway and transit queue-jump features. CDOT said the project is partially funded by a $25 million RAISE grant and is scheduled to begin construction in April 2026.

Alex Donaldson, Longmont senior civil engineer, introduced a final design presentation Dec. 16 from the Colorado Department of Transportation that proposes a grade-separated, single-movement intersection at Hover Street and State Highway 119 intended to reduce vehicle delay and pedestrian and bicycle conflict points.

"The goal of the Hover 119 project is to reconstruct the existing intersection to reduce traffic delays, decrease emissions, and improve safety for all users," Donaldson said during the council presentation, which included CDOT Region 4 engineer Keith Schaeffer.

Keith Schaeffer said the design was derived from a corridor study begun in 2011 and later…

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