The sharp bend where Second Street crosses Ute and Pitkin avenues in Grand Junction has been a tangle of competing interest amid planned upgrades to the Interstate 70 Business Loop, but a proposed transit hub could cut this Gordian knot.
For years, Grand Junction has been interested in turning Second Street into a promenade that would incorporate wider sidewalks and landscaping for a space more friendly to pedestrians and bicycles. One concern has always been finding a solution to get those people across Ute and Pitkin.
Meanwhile, the Colorado Department of Transportation has been working through upgrades to I70-B starting near Mesa Mall leading to its most recent work on the fifth phase of that project at the First Street and Grand Avenue intersection.
The Colorado Department of Transportation Bustang operation is shifting its loading and drop-off location in Grand Junction.
The new Bustang location will be next to the Grand Valley Transit Downtown Transfer Facility, along South Avenue, between South Fifth and South Sixth streets.
Buses will begin loading and dropping off at the new location will begin Monday. The old Bustang location is at the Greyhound station at Fifth Street and Ute Avenue.
The Greyhound bus loading and drop-off location is also moving from its current location to just east of the Bustang stops along South Avenue near the downtown Grand Valley Transit Downtown Transfer Facility. The new stop will also be in effect Monday.