As the city of Aurora improves its infrastructure offerings to its current and future residents, demands for more infrastructure, improvements and repairs also grow. On any given work day, there can be as many as 100 active work zones within the city.
Traffic engineering staff make every effort to minimize the impact of these work zones to the traveling public. In addition to reviewing and approving the plans to ensure they are safe and compliant with all regulations, staff also work with contractors to seek alternatives to street closures and minimize the number of lane closures and their duration. Staff also try to keep conflicting work zones from overlapping in time or space. In most cases, these efforts are successful. However, on occasion, alternatives are not available and since we are dealing with the outdoor environment, even the best planned projects get delayed by weather, special events or unknown conditions, resulting in confusion and/or unplanned congestion.
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New interactive map now available
The city has launched a new online map that shows work happening throughout the city that may impact travel on roadways. The map captures annual street maintenance work, transportation projects, public and private utility work, and development projects impacting roadways. Visit this link to view the map.
Annual Street Maintenance Work
The 2024 road construction projects map is now posted. See the Weekly Roadwork Construction Schedule
Visit this link for more information about city of Aurora roadwork.
Other Road Construction Work (weather delays may be expected for all work zones)
Please note: Although the city informs online mapping services about our road closures and designated detours/alternate routes, the routes they provide to the general traveling public are generally the shortest or quickest routes between two points. That results in drivers sometimes not following the city's designated detour/alternate routes.
In-progress and Due-to-start Projects
Powhaton full closure
The around-the-clock closure of both directions of Powhaton Road between Sixth Avenue and First Avenue due to a city project to install new water infrastructure has been extended to Oct. 26 due to a city water project to install new infrastructure. Use alternate routes and follow the signed detour.
11th Avenue lane closures (Del Mar to Jamaica)
Both directions of 11th Avenue between Del Mar Parkway and Jamaica Street will be fully closed around the clock from Sept. 5 to Oct. 11 due to a city water project to maintain infrastructure. Use alternate routes; a detour is in place.
Ellsworth Avenue closure
Westbound Ellsworth Avenue from Sable Boulevard to Abilene Street will have a full closure around the clock from Sept. 30 to Oct. 9 due to a private developer performing infrastructure maintenance.
Hampden and Chambers lane closures
Both directions of Hampden Avenue approaching Chambers Road and Chambers Road approaching Hampden will have two of four lanes closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 9 and 10 due to a city water project working to access manholes. Alternate routes are advised.
Airport lane closures
Northbound Airport Boulevard between Smith Road and 32nd Avenue will have two of three lanes closed around the clock Oct. 4 and 5 due to a city water project working to perform surface repairs. Alternate routes are advised.
Peterson Road full closure
A private project is resulting in a full closure of Peterson Road between 48th Avenue and Colfax/Highway 36 through Oct. 28 to maintain infrastructure. Follow the signed detour route; plan for delays. The detour will use Harback Road between 48th Avenue and Colfax/Highway 36.
Northeast Aurora road closures and improvements
(view map for aerial view of closure impacts and alternate routes)
-56th Avenue between Monaghan and Hudson
Both directions of 56th Avenue between Monaghan and Hudson roads will have a full closure from July 15, 2023, to July 15, 2025, around the clock due to extensive road damage. The replacement road is currently being designed. Follow the signed detour; use alternate routes. The detour route uses Monaghan Road or Imboden Road between 26th Avenue and 56th Avenue.
-Hudson Road between 56th Avenue and 26th Avenue
Both directions of Hudson Road between 56th and 26th avenues will have a full closure from July 15, 2023, to July 15, 2025, around the clock due to extensive road damage. The replacement road is currently being designed. Follow the signed detour; use alternate routes. The detour route will use Monaghan Road or Imboden Road between 26th and 56th avenues.
-56th Avenue between E-470 and Jackson Gap
A private development project affecting 56th Avenue between the northbound E-470 ramps and Jackson Gap Road will have intermittent lane closures overnight only on weekdays and weekends through Oct. 30 to construct enhanced traffic flow. Please use caution and consider alternate routes.
I-70 Picadilly Interchange
From 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, through Friday, Oct. 11, the I-70 westbound left lane will be closed near Colfax Avenue for earthwork in the median.
The right shoulders and media shoulders on both eastbound and westbound I-70 near Colfax Avenue between mile markers 287 and 288 will be closed for the foreseeable future.
The left and right shoulders on both eastbound and westbound I-70 will be closed in sections with concrete barrier from about Tower to Gun Club roads, including the left shoulder on the E-470 ramp to westbound I-70 for the foreseeable future.
All construction schedules and traffic impacts are subject to site- and weather-specific conditions.
For more information on this project, visit the project webpage or sign up for weekly updates. All construction schedules and traffic impacts are subject to site- and weather-specific conditions.
CDOT Road Construction Updates
View weekly construction updates from the Colorado Department of Transportation.
E-470 Road Widening Updates
View more on this project from the E-470 Tollway Authority.
East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit
Aurora, in partnership with the city and county of Denver, RTD, CDOT and DRCOG, is preparing for the rollout of the East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). The city of Aurora negotiated an intergovernmental agreement with Denver to fund the design and construction of BRT elements along the Aurora portion of Colfax. Later this year, construction on the BRT will begin in Denver and move east, likely reaching Aurora in late 2025.
City officials will join federal, state and other local officials Oct. 4 for a groundbreaking ceremony for this project.
Read the latest good news about this project: RTD and Denver receive $150 million funding allocation for E. Colfax BRT
BRT systems are designed to move more people with more safety, efficiency and reliability. Buses will run down dedicated center transit lanes in Denver and in mixed flow through Aurora, significantly reducing travel times within the project’s boundaries—from Union Station in Denver to RTD’s R-Line Station at I-225 in Aurora.
Businesses along the Colfax corridor can take a self-assessment to ready themselves for construction. More information—including a small business toolkit with resources for how to thrive during construction—is available at DenverGov.org/ColfaxBRT. Additional resources are available from the Aurora South Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at AuroraGov.org/SBDC.
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