US 6 and Heritage Interchange Design

Golden, in partnership with Jefferson County and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), is working with Muller Engineering as the lead consultant for the design of the US 6 and Heritage Road Interchange.

Update: November 2022

The design team has been using the input from public meetings 3 and 4 to continue design work at the US 6 & Heritage Interchange.

The project retains two crossings over US 6--one for cars and one for other modes of transportation. All pedestrian and bike road crossings remain grade-separated. The project was expanded earlier in the year to include a grade-separated wildlife crossing at US 6 and Kinney Run through a grant funded 100% by CDOT.

The project has included consideration of detours for pedestrians and bicycles needed for construction. The proposed detours are attached below. Please review and provide any comments for consideration by the design team.

The team is planning to complete the design and receive all necessary state and federal approvals in February 2023. At this time, funding has not been identified for construction. City staff remain optimistic that funding will be identified in the next 3 to 5 years. When funding is available, public outreach will take place to share more details about the project and construction phasing.

• Proposed Bike and Pedestrian Detour
• Proposed Heritage Trail Detour

2021 Open Houses

Fourth open house

The US6 & Heritage Road Interchange Open House #4 took place on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 at 6 p.m. Public Works staff and consultants presented design options with differing amenities and gathered feedback and answered questions from meeting participants.

If you missed the meeting, you can watch it on this page as well as on YouTube.

• 4th Open House Presentation (with survey links included)

Third open house

Public Works staff and hired consultants hosted the third US6 & Heritage Road Interchange public meeting on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6 p.m. The focus of the meeting was pedestrian and bike improvements, and participants were given the opportunity to ask questions and provide input.

If you missed the meeting, you can watch it at GCO.tv as well as on YouTube.

• 3rd Open House Presentation
• 3rd Open House Survey Results

Second open house

A second open house was hosted Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 at 6 p.m. and four alternatives for the interchange were presented. Participants were given an opportunity to ask questions and provide input.

If you missed the meeting you can watch it at GCO.tv as well as on YouTube.

• 2nd Open House Presentation

Here's a timestamp of important discussion points for those who wish to go directly to a specific part of the meeting:

• 0:00 Intro and Project Background
• 0:08 July Open House Recap
• 0:19 Start of Polling Questions
• 0:26 Preliminary Traffic Alternatives
• 1:25 Landscape Alternatives
• 1:35 Next Steps

Thanks to everyone who participated in the survey! We had 326 people participate. Please review the results below.

• 2nd Open House Survey Results

First open house

A virtual community meeting was held on July 29, 2020 to kick off the planning process. You can watch a video of the meeting to the right on this page, as well as see reports of community feedback received.

The first meeting focused completely on what are the outcomes the community expects from the project. We weren't looking for design ideas, but what are the values and goals that we hope to meet? This included big things such as pedestrian safety and comfort, as well as smaller things such as hearing birds in the area.