Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Committee advances Mississippi Avenue Vision 0 package, seeks council review of $2.9M contract
Summary
Denver’s Transportation & Infrastructure Committee heard DOTTI staff present the Mississippi Avenue Vision 0 safety project and moved to refer Resolution 020121 — authorizing a $2.9 million contract with Goodland Construction (with a $2.1M CDOT match) — to the full City Council; members requested further data on speeds, procurement and project timelines.
Denver’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee received a briefing Feb. 18 on the Mississippi Avenue Vision 0 project and moved to refer Resolution 020121 — which would authorize a contract with Goodland Construction for $2,900,000 — to the full City Council for consideration.
DOTTI strategic advisor Elena McWhorter told the committee the project covers Mississippi Avenue between Elliott Street and Quivas and grew out of a Colorado Department of Transportation Safer Main Streets grant. McWhorter said a 2023 traffic assessment found about 109 crashes over four years across the corridor, with a concentration of pedestrian crashes near Raritan and Quivas. “We applied for this grant back in January 2020,” McWhorter said during the presentation, describing proposed changes including repurposing travel lanes to one lane each way, raised medians and pedestrian refuge islands, curb‑ramp…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
