East Dartmouth Ave. Traffic Calming

Project Overview

Project Location

Dartmouth Ave between Broadway and University Blvd is a collector street that has certain intersections with higher than typical crash rates in Englewood. This segment is also a major bicycle and pedestrian corridor, which increases safety concerns. The City applied for a Federal Highway Safety Improvement Project Fund grant through the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and was awarded $1,080,000 to investigate and construct improvements to address these safety concerns.

The two primary goals of this project are to reduce crashes at the currently signalized intersections and enhance overall multi-modal safety throughout this segment. To meet these goal, the project is planned to evaluate and install the following improvements:

• Consider existing signal modifications or replacement of existing signals with a mini-roundabout configuration or other appropriate traffic claiming configuration at Logan and Downing Streets. Although there is no crash pattern, Clarkson Street is also proposed to be converted to a mini-roundabout or other traffic calming configuration for corridor consistency and to reinforce traffic calming.
• Build curb extensions at approximately six intersections - Sherman, Grant, Pearl, Lafayette, Williams and Vine throughout the corridor to aid in traffic calming/ reduced speeds and support the potential mini roundabout configuration (as they will not have deflection geometry) and supplement multi-modal safety as a whole.
• Install approximately 500 feet of missing sidewalk on the North side of Dartmouth Ave in the vicinity of Dartmouth Circle.

Other minor traffic calming and complete street design elements are included within the project limits to support the overall goal of safety improvement. The City has contracted with the engineering firm Apex Design (referred to as "the Consultant") to perform environmental investigations and develop plans & specifications for construction. Project Intersections

Proposed Mini Roundabout

Proposed Bulb-outs

The Design phase started in July of 2022. Construction is tentatively scheduled for summer 2024.

Project Funding

This project has two sources of funding: Federal Highway Safety Improvement Project Fund and the City of Englewood Public Improvement Fund. The funding breakdown is as follows:

$1,958,000 (Federal HSIP) + $652,000 (City of Englewood) = $2,610,000

Provide Your Feedback

The City of Englewood is developing a corridor safety project on Dartmouth Avenue between South Broadway and University Boulevard. Your feedback on the project is very important and will inform the final design. To provide input and learn more about the project background, and proposed safety improvements, please click here.