Progress report: HIP streets marks early milestone as businesses contend with disruption in downtown Loveland

Progress report: HIP streets marks early milestone as businesses contend with disruption in downtown Loveland

Seven weeks ago, contractor crews broke ground on the long-awaited Heart Improvement Plan (HIP) streets project, a major revitalization of downtown Loveland’s historic Fourth Street. If all goes according to the schedule, in approximately 18 months, the five-block stretch between Washington and Garfield avenues will have an inviting, pedestrian-friendly streetscape above ground and modernized infrastructure beneath it. Fourth Street between Wash…