RTD’s L-Line in Five Points will close for three weeks for track replacement work [PAYWALL - ARTICLE IN COMMENTS]

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The Regional Transportation District’s L-Line train won’t operate for most of July to allow maintenance crews to repair a section of track along the Five Points light-rail spur.

The L-Line won’t operate Sunday because of the monthly ¡Viva! Streets event, in which Broadway and Welton Street are closed to vehicle traffic to make room for bicyclists and pedestrians. And then a 21-day closure to allow for track maintenance begins Monday, RTD says, with the L-Line scheduled to reopen July 31.

RTD recommends riders take the Route 43 bus, which travels parallel to the L-Line on California and Stout streets through part of Five Points.

The L-Line, part of RTD’s first section of light-rail to open nearly 30 years ago, terminates at 30th and Downing streets on the north and travels south into Denver’s Central Business District, overlapping with the E and H lines on the downtown loop. The focus of the work is at 30th and Welton.

“The project will replace a segment of one of the oldest sections of track on the RTD light rail system and make improvements to the crossings at Downing and 30th streets,” RTD said in a news release.

During the project, RTD says Welton will be closed at 30th Street, and the southbound side of Downing will be closed at 30th Avenue, with traffic detoured onto California Street.