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CDOT launches ‘Drive High, Get a DUI’
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“Drive High, Get a DUI,” a new campaign by CDOT, will educate and warn the public on the dangers of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
‘The New West’ on display at McNichols
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“The New West: Contemporary Perspectives of the Rocky Mountain Region” is open through May 25 at the McNichols Building.
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Locally shot ‘Bee People’ minds its beeswax
Denver’s “Bee Guru” gets down to beeswax in Bee People, which plays the Women+Film Voices Film Festival on March 22.
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S i n c e 19 2 6 March 13, 2014 By Don Bain If you have kids from age 2 to 12, you are probably aware of all the available Lego toys, as well as the huge LEGOLAND theme park in Carlsbad, California. On March 8, representatives from the park, expressly designed to empower the imaginations and creativity of children, were in Denver on a promotional visit. This effort had its most public exposure at a competition between two members of the LEGOLAND modeling team at The Children’s Museum on Saturday. Each of the modelers, who normally work together (rarely getting a chance to compete), was given and equal number of Lego bricks and a three-hour period to produce models along the theme of a Lion Chi castle. The lion theme derives from the new expansion of the LEGOLAND Water Park, named for the Legends of Chima, the toymaker’s latest and currently most popular toy set. As visitors enter the water park they walk through a giant arch made entirely from Lego bricks, as is almost everything in LEGOLAND. “At LEGOLAND California Resort, kids are in the driver’s seat and parents take a back seat to watch their children’s imagination run wild,” said Jake Gonzales, media relations for the park. The 128-acre park has more than 27,000 models comprised of more than 65 million Lego bricks. The modelers, who were at The Children’s Museum, participated in building many of those creations. The expansion of the existing Water Park at LEGOLAND was in response to visitor demand. “People told us they love everything about the Water Park, but to give them more, so that’s exactly what we did,” said
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Tim Sams and Rob McCarthy pose before their competition at The Children’s Museum. Photo by Don Bain
Bridge demolition over I-25 pushed back Work set for March 16-21
Demolition work on the US 6 bridge over I-25 has pushed back a week to give more crews time to do the preparatory work necessary before bringing down this bridge. The demolition is now scheduled for the nights of Sunday, March 16, through Friday, March 21. Motorists driving on I-25 near the 6th Avenue interchange these nights should expect heavy traffic and travel delays. Beginning at 10 p.m. each of these nights, crews will be doing demolition work on the east portion of the US 6 bridge deck that crosses over I-25. To
ensure the traveling public’s safety, southbound I-25 will be diverted off the highway at 6th Avenue and northbound I-25 traffic will shift over into the southbound lanes to travel beneath the bridge. Southbound I-25 motorists will be detoured west on US 6 to Federal Boulevard then south on Federal to 5th Avenue to take eastbound US 6 and reconnect with southbound I-25. With I-25 traffic making this loop detour, people traveling south on Federal Boulevard and east on US 6 can also expect heavier than normal traffic, particularly between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight each night. To facilitate traffic movement on Federal
Boulevard, the eastbound US 6 off-ramp to Federal will be closed. Traffic in both directions of I-25 will be narrowed down to a single lane prior to reaching 6th Avenue and this process of funneling traffic into one lane will begin prior to 10 p.m. so drivers should plan for heavy traffic beginning about 9:30 p.m. Regional northbound through traffic should avoid the area by taking C-470 or I-225 to I-70 and northbound local traffic can take Santa Fe Drive north to 8th Avenue. Regional southbound through traffic should avoid the area by taking I-70 west to C-470 or east to I-225 and southbound local traffic can use Colfax or
8th avenues. The $98 million US 6 Bridges Design-Build Project will replace six obsolete bridges on US 6 between Knox Court and I-25, improve traffic movements in the I-25 and US 6 interchange and enhance driver safety by eliminating several traffic weave movements along US 6 between Federal Boulevard and I-25. Substantial project completion is planned for August 2015. All construction activities are weather-dependent and subject to change. For updated project information, visit http:// www.coloradodot.info/projects/ US6Bridges, call 720-881-5540 or email US6Bridgesinfo@ cig-pr.com