East Colfax Avenue, though it’s hard to admit, has seen better days.

Fences, orange traffic cones, cement barricades and heavy machinery have condensed and diverted traffic, down to one lane in many places, through an obstacle course while construction workers erect a new path for city buses along the center of the avenue.

That’s not to say progress isn’t visible. White arches — future bus stations — are cropping up between Broadway and Colorado Boulevard and will soon begin marching eastward. But that future is still at least three years away as work on the lines moves toward Interstate 225 in Aurora.

Until then, restaurants and businesses will continue to see their business dwindle and their sales plummet as people avoid the roadblocks, be they perceived or physical.

But you don’t ha

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