State Hwy 7 & 119th Street Intersection Improvement Project
Project completion video coming soon!
As of Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, The City of Lafayette, in partnership with the Town of Erie and the Colorado Department of Transportation completed the State Highway 7 and 119th Street Intersection Improvement project. Completed $1 million under budget, the new intersection enhances multimodal safety and accessibility, providing a smoother ride for the community.
Improvements at the intersection included widening the intersection by adding left turn lanes, right turn deceleration lanes and dedicated bike lanes, improved drainage, new sidewalks, signalized crosswalks and future-ready transit lanes to ensure the long-term capacity of the heavily used intersection.
| New SH7 & 119th Street Intersection Alignment |
Interested in a detailed look at the completed intersection improvements? Take a look at the cross-section graphics of SH 7 & 119th Street below. |
Project Overview
The City of Lafayette strives to accommodate the safe and efficient movement of people using all modes of travel while retaining our small-town livability. Beginning in November 2023, the City will partner with the Town of Erie, the Boulder County Transportation Department, and the Colorado Department of Transportation on a project to enhance multimodal safety and accessibility at the intersection of State Highway 7 (SH 7) and 119th Street.
This project will advance commuting and multimodal improvements such as the widening of 119th Street at SH 7, improved drainage, dedicated right and left turn lanes, future transit lanes, new sidewalks, signalized crosswalks and dedicated bike lanes.
Project Work Includes
The project consists of improvements within and adjacent to the intersection of SH 7 and 119th Street including additional left turn lanes, right turn deceleration lanes, transit lanes for future improvements, dedicated bike lanes, sidewalks, relocating utilities, installing traffic signals, and storm water management.
To bring these improvements forward, the following construction activities will take place during this project:
- Utility relocation
- Roadway obstruction and material removal
- Storm drainage installation
- Sidewalk and curb ramp installation on SH 7 at the northwest corner of the intersection
- New roadway construction, including repaving and roadway widening
- The addition of dedicated bike lanes on both 119th Street and SH 7 at the intersection
- Intersection traffic signal improvements
- Landscape restoration
This project was completed in January 2025.
Funding
The construction of this improvement project will be funded by the City of Lafayette, Boulder County, the Town of Erie, and federal grants. Due to the shared location among jurisdictions, the project is being completed under agreements between the City of Lafayette, the Town of Erie, and CDOT. This is a Federal-aid Project administered through CDOT Region 4.