Denver Road Closures: Utility and Construction Work

Photo: Terry Allen — Notre Denver

Plan around construction, utility and paving work from Wednesday, October 21, 2026 to Tuesday, October 27, 2026. In the City and County of Denver's street occupancy permit data, ROW Construction made up 243 permitted stretches, down from 274 the week before. Utility work fell from 224 to 177 and Road/Alley Repair from 94 to 88. These figures are city permits for those dates, not confirmation of a closure on any street.

Last year's matching week, October 22 to October 28, 2025, carried 1,839 stretches, and this period is down 31.4% on it. The 406 distinct permits behind this week's stretches match the 406 in the October 12 edition, which counted 1,223 stretches. The same number of permits now covers more street than it did then.

By kind of closure, full street or alley closures dropped to 154 from 201, and lane closures on main streets to 276 from 369. Detours fell to 10 from 18. Sidewalk closures came to 342, against 369 the week before.

Utility and paving permits shrank together. Street Cut - Utilities went from 194 to 154, and Boring and/or Wells from 83 to 67. Street Cut - Water rose to 103 from 89.

Of the 154 full-closure stretches in effect, 59 begin in this period and the rest are long-running. The table shows only the earliest 25, in date order. Each permit allows a closure on those dates. Check the Denver construction map before leaving the house.

S Henry Pl and E Jerome Ave share the same dates and the Utility purpose, so a driver cutting through that corner near S Colorado Blvd should check both.

E 47th Ave leads the street ranking, followed by N Orleans St at 18 stretches and W 10th Ave at 16. E Colorado Ave, the top street in the October 12 edition, sits tenth at 12.

A count of stretches is not a length of time or a number of blocked lanes. One permit can cover several stretches, and a street with a high count may have short work on each.

Compare next week's stretch count with this period's 1,261, and watch whether Fiber Optics keeps climbing. The previous edition shows where the totals stood a week earlier. Permits on S Henry Pl, E Jerome Ave and N Albion St run to Wednesday, October 28, 2026, so they will still be active when the next count lands.

To check a specific street before heading out, use the Denver construction map. Denver Public Works handles these permits through its Right-of-Way Services office.

The numbers come from the City and County of Denver's street occupancy permits open data, pulled October 21, 2026. They cover Wednesday, October 21, 2026 to Tuesday, October 27, 2026, against October 14 to October 20, 2026 and October 22 to October 28, 2025.

These are permits for street occupancy, not closures observed. Permits with an end date more than a year away are open-ended placeholders and are not counted. Closures on state highways, interstates and streets outside Denver are not included.

Counts are stretches, not rates. Some permit types are not itemised, so the rows do not add up to the total.

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