The long process of six-laning Interstate 225 through Aurora is on the front burner, with an open house scheduled Wednesday so CDOT can show the public what work will be done on the old four-lane section between Second and Mississippi Avenues. The project also includes restriping the upgraded but still four-lane section north of Second, where drivers have plenty of wide concrete but only two through lanes until more widening is completed. CDOT hasn’t yet selected a contractor for the project, and the construction schedule isn’t yet set. But when it is completed, it will open six through lanes for the entire segment between Interstate 70 on the north and Mississippi on the south.

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The public comment period for FasTracks’ I-225 Corridor Environmental Evaluation ends Monday, with the preferred alternative being a 10.5-mile light rail extension connecting the Nine Mile Station with the Peoria Station of the planned FasTracks commuter train to Denver International Airport.