Colorado Springs Women’s March impacts downtown traffic

Colorado Springs, COLO. (KRDO) - The annual Colorado Springs Women's March will be taking place this Saturday in downtown Colorado Springs.

This year, event organizers changed the name to Womxn's March to include non-binary and trans people.

This year's march comes a week after the national events because organizers say they didn't want to conflict with any Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances.

The event will start with a keynote speaker at 2 p.m. at the City Auditorium on Kiowa St. followed by a march through downtown.

The following roads will have a rolling closure provided by the Colorado Springs Police Department during the event:

• Westbound Kiowa St., between Weber St. and Nevada Ave.
• Northbound Nevada Ave., between Kiowa St. and Platte Ave.
• Westbound Platte Ave., between Nevada Ave. and Tejon St.
• Southbound Tejon St., between Platte Ave. and Kiowa St.
• Eastbound Kiowa St., between Tejon St. and Weber St.

The Mountain Metropolitan Transit's downtown bus terminal will not be accessible from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday due to the march.

Southbound Weber north of Kiowa St. will be the staging area for all downtown bus pullouts during that time. Expect delays.

Bus stop #2349 at Wahsatch Ave. and Kiowa St. will not be serviced during the march.

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