Neighbors want DOTI to address concerns with I-25, South Broadway improvement project

By Pattrik Perez, Denver7

DENVER — You may not think twice when passing by the nine homes tucked away near South Lincoln Street and East Ohio Avenue, but their place in the I-25 and South Broadway improvement project has advocates — and homeowners — worried.

“Even just looking at this place, without knowing about this project, I know that this location probably will be become something else,” Ashley Brinegar said Thursday.

Brinegar purchased her home in September 2022, and she and her realtor had little knowledge then about what may become of it.

There are plans to demolish Brinegar’s home, along with eight others, to make way for a new northbound I-25 access ramp. The plans were released in 2008 as part of the South Broadway Environmental Assessment.

A spokesperson with the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) confirms they don’t yet have funding for this part of the project and don’t have immediate plans to pursue its funding. However, the second phase to replace the southbound on-ramp on I-25 from Broadway and extend Bannock Street starts this spring.