St. Vrain access to change back
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The vote is in. Based on unanimous feedback from the neighborhood, the little access from St. Vrain to 18th Street will be restored “this week” to two-way traffic,
according to David Krauth of Colorado Springs Traffic Engineering.
There will be no changes to the road itself - only signage to let motorists know that the gap is one lane wide but open to cars going either direction, he said. The city had hand-delivered letters to St. Vrain Street residents between 18th and 17th streets about two weeks ago, asking for their opinions. Until recently, the city had been planning a safety-oriented project to widen the access (which dates back to the late 1800s). However, when unforeseen utility issues roughly doubled the budgeted $38,000 cost - making the work unaffordable for the foreseeable future - officials decided to canvass the people in the block closest to it. Westside Pioneer article |