Some interesting information was discussed at a recent Denver Union Station Project Authority (DUSPA) meeting. Union Station status, by the numbers (ya gotta love the precision) …

  • The project is 46% complete.
  • Light rail transit is 98.6% complete.
  • The bus terminal is 46.8% complete.
  • Streets and plazas are 50% complete.
  • Project completion is now projected for March 16, 2014, slightly ahead of the original schedule.
  • $211,000,000 of the $488,000,000 budget has been paid out to date.

More good stuff …

  • The project team is monitoring for any settlement of the historic station due to the construction of the bus terminal and the drilling of dewatering wells to lower the water table. Shoring walls and a tie-back structure are being constructed to prevent any settlement.
  • RTD selected artist Kevin Curry for the public art project. He will present his ideas to DUSPA at its November 2011 meeting.
  • The pedestrian bridge at the north wing building is in final design review.

In case you missed the announcement in the business section of this morning’s Denver Post, Zocalo Community Development plans to break ground early next year on a 12 story, 220 unit apartment building on 17th Street between Wewatta Street and Chestnut Place.