Vasquez Boulevard Improvements: I-270 to 64th Avenue | Design Phase
About the Project
CDOT, along with Commerce City and Adams County, is conducting the Vasquez Boulevard Improvements project from I-270 to 64th Avenue. This project aims to improve traffic operations, safety and pedestrian connections within the city limits of Commerce City in Adams County.
An Environmental Assessment study was conducted to identify potential impacts and mitigation strategies per National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) guidance. The study concluded in March 2024 with a Finding of No Significant Impact. The project will be designed and constructed in phases, with construction occurring on the first-funded construction package from Summer 2025 through January 2027. The second-funded construction package is currently being designed. Additional improvements identified in the proposed action are currently unscheduled and will be designed and constructed when funding becomes available. Additional information can be found in the Planned Improvements section below.
Schedule & Important Dates
- Finalize design plans for construction package 1 (northeast area): Spring 2025
- Begin construction for package 1: Summer 2025
- Finalize design plans for construction package 2: Late Summer 2026
- Begin construction for package 2: Late 2026 to Early 2027
- Package 1 construction complete: January 2027
- Package 2 construction complete: To be determined
Planned Improvements
Planned improvements for this project that are listed in the map include the following main elements listed below:
- 62nd Avenue/Vasquez Boulevard intersection: Intersection improvements with new traffic signal providing full access between Vasquez Boulevard/CO 2 and 62nd Avenue. Continuous-T intersection allows southbound Vasquez Boulevard through traffic to travel through intersection without stopping.
- 62nd Avenue between Vasquez Boulevard and Parkway Drive: Widening and addition of turn lanes.
- Parkway Drive/Forest Drive intersection: Add curb bulb-outs on the corners.
- 60th Avenue/Vasquez Boulevard/Parkway Drive intersection: Prohibit left turn from Parkway Drive (all inbound movements to Parkway Drive remain). Improve traffic signal phasing and timing. Add a new northbound right turn lane from Vasquez Boulevard to Parkway Drive and 60th Avenue.
- Vasquez Boulevard between 60th Avenue and 64th Avenue: Reconfigure lanes and striping.
- Extend the eastbound through/right turn lane for Vasquez Boulevard further west on 60th Avenue.
- Dexter Street/60th Avenue intersection: Add a refuge median for pedestrian crossings of Dexter Street. This median will also direct southbound Dexter Street traffic to a right turn only at 60th Avenue.
- Southwest quadrant of the 60th Avenue/Vasquez Boulevard intersection area: Add a new local roadway connection on the Clermont Street alignment running south-north from 60th Avenue to the 59th Avenue alignment, then turning to run east to west between Clermont Street and Dexter Street. Also addition of a water quality feature (location and details to be determined when funding is identified).
- Dexter Street/60th Avenue Intersection: Prohibit the northbound connection from Dexter Street to 60th Avenue (inbound movements from Vasquez Boulevard/60th Avenue to Dexter Street remain).
- Northwest quadrant of the 60th Avenue/Vasquez Boulevard intersection area: Add a new local roadway connection running east to west between Dexter Street and Clermont Street on the 61st Avenue alignment. Then add a left turn from Clermont Street onto 60th Avenue. The local road and sidewalk alignment and location of drainage ditches will be determined during final design.
