{"id":5770,"date":"2015-07-09T20:55:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T03:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5770"},"modified":"2015-07-09T20:55:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T03:55:57","slug":"havana-st-not-just-a-through-street-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5770","title":{"rendered":"Havana St:  Not Just a Through Street Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/havana-st.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5771\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/havana-st.jpg\" alt=\"havana st\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>Havana Street in the Eastbridge borough of Stapleton has had a long, interesting history. It&#8217;s home to the wide random <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/bike-lanes-on-havana-look-to-remedy-overwhelming-cycle-traffic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bike lanes<\/a> which took two months to paint, the sign <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/eastbridge-residents-sign-will-remain-after-havana-becomes-through-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reminding outsiders<\/a> they can\u2019t take it to Aurora, and of course, people incessantly coming back down it the wrong way after not reading the sign. Farther down the road, there has been several <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/construction-cones-on-havana-st-exit-gain-historic-landmark-status\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">construction projects<\/a> including <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/havana-exit-offers-scenic-detour-through-commerce-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">detours<\/a>, as well as beautiful views of the <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/art-outside-jail-makes-residents-forget-jail-exists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denver jail<\/a>. But now, residents have a new complaint. They were actually here BEFORE Havana was a <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/sun-mca-concerned-about-border-security-after-through-street-completed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">through street<\/a>.\n<!--more-->\n\u201cNow that Havana actually does go through, people go flying through,\u201d said Havana St. resident Amy Mason. \u201cThey come off the highway, and apparently forget people do live here, and have for some time.\u201d Other Havana St. residents agree. \u201cIt\u2019s not everyone,\u201d says Jamie Hansen. \u201cSome people are courteous, and actually see the houses and recognize it as a residential area. However, some people are going through at 45 mph or more. It\u2019s pretty ridiculous.\u201d Although residents don\u2019t necessarily want the outsiders to drive uncomfortably slow, they want them to drive the posted speed limit. \u201cI guess they should drive somewhere below running over my kids, and faster than me suspecting they are coming to take my kids,\u201d said Hansen. Residents are working together to figure out what they can do to slow the traffic.\nThere are the usual polls and Facebook pages, but residents want to re-post a sign at the Havana MLK intersection before people enter into the quaint residential neighborhood. \u201cWe just want people to remember that it is a residential area,\u201d says Mason. \u201cAnd people always ignore those, <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/driver-busy-reading-drive-like-your-kids-live-here-sign-almost-strikes-child\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018drive like your kids live here\u2019<\/a> signs. So, we are working with the community, Forest City, and the City and County of Denver to get an agreement on a sign we can post.\u201d Currently, the leader is Havana: Not Just a Through Street Anymore, but the organization is looking for more suggestions. Please send suggestions to Stapletonion@gmail.com, or post to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Stapletonion\/134225229968662?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stapletonion Facebook page<\/a>.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-108","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}