Winter 2024/2025
After the proposed action design alternative was shared with the public during an open house meeting on Oct. 26, 2023, project team members continued meeting with representatives from the Federal Highway Administration and Colorado Department of Transportation to discuss this alternative in greater detail.
These meetings continued throughout 2024 and led to the recommendation to conduct an independent design review workshop to look closer at the proposed action. This workshop provided the chance for CDOT, FHWA, Douglas County, Lone Tree and four independent consultant reviewers to closely examine traffic movements and safety elements associated with the proposed action.
The outcome of this independent design review workshop conducted in August 2024 has led to some significant project updates. The overall recommendation coming out of the workshop is to not move forward with the proposed southbound I-25 to eastbound Lincoln Avenue flyover ramp. Citing geometric challenges and safety concerns associated with the public’s ability to safely navigate the flyover ramp connection to Lincoln Avenue, workshop participants recommended removing the flyover from the project. Lone Tree and Douglas County agreed with this recommendation.
The project team is now turning their attention to advancing a series of smaller, independent projects along the Lincoln Avenue corridor to improve mobility between Park Meadows Drive and Oswego Street. Based on recommendations from the workshop, efforts moving into 2025 will focus on:
Advancing multimodal design plans. This includes the potential for grade separated bicycle/pedestrian facilities over I-25 and ramp crossings and providing connections to the Lone Tree Mobility Hub on both sides of I-25 south of Lincoln Avenue.
- Developing short-term and long-term solutions for improving traffic flow through the Havana Street intersection.
- Refining current intersection operations at Park Meadows Drive, I-25 interchange ramp terminals, Zenith Meridian Drive, and Oswego Street to improve traffic flow and safety along Lincoln Avenue.
- Meeting with the project’s leadership and technical committees and other major stakeholders to continue moving the project forward as potential grant opportunities arise.
This work will be fast-tracked in early 2025 and culminate with a public meeting before starting the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process on selected improvements