DENVER — Five days after converting two streets near East Colfax from one-way to two-way traffic, Denver’s transportation department is updating its notification process after failing to alert major GPS navigation apps about the changes.
Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) converted 13th Avenue and 14th Avenue between Quebec and Yosemite to two-way traffic but did not notify Apple Maps or Google Maps of the change. After questions from 9NEWS, the city said it would reach out to the apps and establish a formal process for notifying navigation platforms when permanent roadway configuration changes are made in the future.
“We’ll have someone on the team reach out to the apps this week, and then confirm a process for that notification moving forward for permanent changes to roadway configurations,” a spokesperson for the DOTI told 9NEWS…