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FasTracks bridge will be “rolled” into place over 6th Avenue
Mar. 16, 2010, 3:00 am

The basket tied-handle arch bridge carrying the West Corridor light rail will cross over the Sixth Avenue Freeway right above the path of a former freight rail spur that until 1988 crossed the freeway at grade with a signalized crossing. Courtesy RTD.

It’s a first in the United States for bridge construction – the FasTracks bridge over Sixth Avenue Freeway in Lakewood will be rolled into place intact during a weekend highway closure in April.

Lakewood Edge: RTD starts removal of cottonwoods along light rail corridor, to resident’s chagrin
Feb. 22, 2010, 8:10 pm

Lakewood Edge reports that RTD’s West Corridor light rail contractor is removing the tall cottonwoods that line the 13th Avenue rail right-of-way.

Lakewood and RTD negotiating $2.6 million worth of city-paid upgrades to FasTracks West Corridor station at Wadsworth bridge
Nov. 23, 2009, 5:29 am

Computer simulation showing some of Lakewood's proposed enhancements to the FasTracks West Corridor Wadsworth bridge and station.

The fate of Lakewood’s plans to make a signature statement with upgraded urban design features at the West Corridor light rail Wadsworth Station rests in the hands of cost estimators who will soon put a price tag on the translucent canopy, enhanced lighting and other things the city wants.

Lakewood has set a budget of $2.6 million for the so-called “betterments” to the Wadsworth light rail station, which will be atop the bridge at 13th Avenue, in an effort to take RTD’s bare bones utilitarian station design and make the structure an iconic city gateway.

But it is important for the city and RTD to reach agreement soon because Wadsworth bridge construction is well underway. Becky Clark, director of the Lakewood Reinvestment Authority, said she would like to have an agreement wrapped up by the end of next month.

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Lakewood DUI checkpoints get good result: Lower rate of DUI arrests
Sep. 21, 2009, 6:22 pm

Lakewood Police found an unexpected result from the “100 Days of Heat” campaign, law enforcement’s statewide crackdown on drunken driving: surprisingly few arrests compared with the large number of drivers processed through DUI checkpoints, according to Lakewood Edge.
“The numbers for the checkpoints surprised all of us by being so low,” said Lakewood Police Department spokesman Steve Davis. “It was a pleasant surprise.”
At the campaign’s last local rolling checkpoint operated by the LPD the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office and the Wheat Ridge Police Department, officers stopped more than 3,000 drivers and fewer …