A nearly $200 million contract has been approved by Denver City Council to build the city’s first bus-rapid transit system. The East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit will start in downtown Denver and run down East Colfax Avenue all the way to Interstate 225 in Aurora. Work is set to begin in October.
The project is intended to reduce transit travel time for riders in one of the busiest roads and bus corridors in the metro area, but some neighbors of the project are raising concerns about how it will impact them. At least 150 businesses on Colfax Avenue are set to be affected by the construction the project requires.
One organization says they are doing their part to ensure that businesses feel supported. Frank Locantore, the executive director for the Colfax Business Improvement District, says they have been informing businesses about this project for about a decade.