Apparently, the only way to make Coloradoâs housing market more affordable is to make it more expensive â or so some policymakers seem to believe.
How else to explain assorted proposals, pending at the State Capitol, Denver City Hall and elsewhere, that heap one costly burden after another upon those who provide the stateâs housing? Inevitably, they will have to pass those costs on to the rest of us if they want to stay in business.
But letâs not be naive. The politicians peddling these proposals must know better. They understand what they are promoting wonât work. But they also understand that the public looks to them to âdo somethingâ even if the âsomethingâ turns out to be little more than pandering.
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Denver will soon reimagine, reconstruct, and revitalize downtown s 16th Street Mall. Author: Alexander Kirk Updated: 11:22 AM MDT April 5, 2021
DENVER The decade-long process to reimagine, reconstruct and revitalize Denver s 16th Street Mall is moving forward to its final design and construction.
Denver s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) said a $149 million design/build contract with PCL Construction Services is now fully signed and executed following approval by Denver City Council on March 8.
Construction on the project to reimagine 16th Street Mall from Broadway to Market Street, which initially begin in 2010, is expected to start partially in the last quarter of 2021.
Construction should fully begin in mid-2022 at Market Street and move toward Broadway in phases before reaching completion in late 2024.