By Nathaniel Minor | Denverite
When the state of Colorado bought Burnham Yard in 2021, it had big plans for the old railyard south of downtown Denver. The state expected the roughly 60-acre site could accommodate the expansion of Interstate 25, new RTD light rail tracks, and even the planned Front Range passenger rail line.
“This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities,” a high-ranking state transportation official said then.
Fifty million dollars later, state transportation officials say they don’t actually need most of the land and are preparing it for sale.