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Volume 2, Issue 31
© MetroPress July 9, 1980
Speer to sport new look .
by Charlotte Rath
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Road blocks, broken concrete, and a few workers mark the beginning construction of the relocation of Speer Boulevard at Lawrence Street. Plans include relocating northbound Speer Boulevard to the west bank of Cherry Creek starting at Lawrence and connecting Speer to the 14th Street viaduct. The relocations will provide a direct traffic flow to the viaduct, eliminating the aw'tcward crimp at Blake Street.
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The $3 .2 million project consists of two phases. The first phase includes . relocating northbound Speer Boulevard one half block west via a new bridge spanning t~ creek from Lawrence to Larim!f;" plus converting the Curtis Street bridge to two-lane traffic and a large walkway for students. The project should be completed by next summer. The second phase, to be completed by Spring 1981, includes sidewalks, curbs and gutters for Speer Boulevard southbound.
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Auraria Is moving UCO and MSC faculty offices around campus and it may take some time for It all to straighten out. A guide on page 6 may help.
Americans are still eating too much sugar whlle medical researchers are uncertain about Its ultimate effect on the body. What's a cautious eater to do?
Starting a new band is no picnic especially in Denver. Chou Chou is a new local band with a different approach to cracking the music market.
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The relocation plans are a compromise between Donald Seawell (DCPA) and the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) who have been haggling over the plans for years. The original plans promoted by Seawell involved moving both northbound and southbound traffic near the Science Building and St. Elizabeth's Church. AHEC's Executive Director Jerry Wartgow
dismissed the plan as ''unacceptable." Roger Johnson, chief civil engineer of the Design Engineering Division of Denver1 said it took two years to approve the project because of the conflicts. ''We were ready to line up both sides and whoever was left standing would win out," Johnson said.
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