January 19, 2023

Work finally set to begin on Downtown Estes Loop

ESTES PARK — Nearly a decade after the town of Estes Park initially applied for federal funds to help build it and more than six years after the project gained final approval from the town’s Board of Trustees, work will begin this month on Estes Park’s hotly debated 1.1-mile Downtown Loop, a one-way street reconfiguration through the center of the tourist town designed to ease congestion and speed summer access to and from Rocky Mountain National Park.

According to a news release issued by the town, the work will begin with tree removal and excavation, followed by full construction during the…

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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