A change in traffic patterns in the East Colfax neighborhood has neighbors upset and asking for better communication about infrastructure changes in the future.
The Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) is converting a 16-block stretch of East 13th and 14th avenues from one way to two way between Quebec and Yosemite streets. The 14th Ave. change happened at midday on Feb. 18 to the surprise of drivers and residents.
The work was part of a 2022 bond, but Monique Helstrom, president of the East Colfax Neighborhood Association (ECNA), said, “We were never notified that it was coming yesterday. When a long-anticipated infrastructure shift is finally implemented, coordinated communication is, and should be, the standard protocol.”…