Green Valley Ranch Boulevard Travel Improvements

Project Overview

Denver's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) is making improvements to Green Valley Ranch Boulevard between Chambers and Tower roads to help move more people, safely, along this two-mile stretch whether they're walking, rolling, biking or in a car. Phases 2 and 3 of the travel improvement project started in late May 2024.

The project will include the following travel enhancements:

• Phase 1: Sidewalks (Complete)
  • Provide better pedestrian connectivity along the corridor by constructing a new 8-foot detached sidewalk to fill in the gap between Peña Boulevard and Telluride Street on the south side of Green Valley Ranch Boulevard.

• Phase 2: Peña Blvd. to Tower Road - May 2024 to June 2025
  • Upgrading Landscaped Medians so they are raised with concrete curb to better separate travel lanes and visually narrow the roadway to help slow vehicle speeds.
  • Adding New Protected Bike Lanes to separate bikes from vehicles and reduce conflicts, as well as connecting people on bikes to a new bike lane east of Tower Road.
  • Signalizing Private Drive - King Soopers (just east of Tower Road)
  • Reconstructing N. Salida Street intersection
  • Paving Green Valley Ranch Blvd.
• Phase 3: Chambers Road to Peña Blvd. - January 2025 to May 2025
  • Adding a traffic signal on Green Valley Ranch Boulevard at Kittredge Street for better movement of all travel modes at the intersection.

Project Location & Limits of Construction

Juneteenth: June 19

• There will be no scheduled traffic impacts on Green Valley Ranch Blvd. on June 19

Scheduled Work & Traffic Impacts: June 15-21

• Intermittent single left lane closures can be expected in both directions of Green Valley Ranch Blvd. from Tower Road to Pena Blvd. Monday to Friday (no work on Thursday, June 19) for landscaping, boring, and irrigation crossing work in median areas
• Intermittent right lane/intersection corner closures may exist in both directions of Green Valley Ranch Blvd. at the private drive to King Soopers for punchlist work
• The closures will be in place from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday to Friday
• Regular working hours are 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, except on holidays
• Signs and construction devices are present to alert motorists, pedestrians and cyclists to the work zone, closures and restrictions
• Please exercise caution and watch for pedestrians and cyclists
• All construction schedules are weather dependent and subject to change

Work from Tower Road to Pena Blvd. includes landscaping, boring and installing irrigation sleeves in median areas. Work at the newly signalized private drive to King Soopers includes striping and adding signs.

General Scope of Work, Schedule & Impacts

• Phase 2 includes upgrading landscaped medians from Pena Blvd to Tower Road, adding protected bike/multimodal lanes within the project limits, paving Green Valley Ranch Blvd., reconstructing the N. Salida St. intersection, and signalizing the private drive at King Soopers, just east of Tower Road.
• Phase 3 includes signalizing the Kittredge St. at Green Valley Ranch Blvd. intersection
• The phases will overlap
• Working hours are 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, with some weekend work expected
• The project began in May 2024 with anticipated full completion by late June. This extends the project by a few weeks to accommodate additional intersection reconstruction and a new signal installation to the project's original scope of work
• Single left-lane closures will be taken in both directions of Green Valley Ranch Blvd. within the project limits from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, except on holidays
• No full road closures are expected
• Sidewalk closures will be in place during certain work activities, with pedestrian detour routes posted
• Access to businesses and residences will be maintained
• Flaggers may be present during signal work at the Kittredge intersection to manage traffic flows
• Signs, barricades and construction devices will be in place to alert traffic to the work, closures and restrictions

Views of new paving, pavement markings, and bike lanes along the corridor. Photography by Estate Media.