By Dillon Thomas

DENVER (CBS4)– Community organizers Nicky Yollick and Gabriel Thorn have been talking to neighbors in Globeville and Elyria-Swansea, informing them a noise variance request from Central 70 contractor Kiewit.

“We’re just going door-to-door to ask people with a very friendly face, ‘Would you be willing to sign this petition so that you guys can get sleep over the next six years?’” said Yollick.

In a letter to area residents, Denver Public Health and Environment says noise variances are required when nighttime construction work is proposed and noise levels would be higher than existing conditions.

Many buildings and homes have been demolished or boarded up in preparation for the Central 70 Project, the Interstate 70 expansion project, through the Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods.

“People are going crazy with the amount of construction that’s happening here,” said Candi CdeBaca.

CdeBaca is a lifelong resident of the neighborhood and a social worker who runs a youth nonprofit.

FULL ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND HERE

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VARIANCE REQUEST RECEIVED BY DENVER DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH