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Design and Construction Program Notes

By David W. Lloyd, P.E., Chief, Design and Construction Program

STATUS OF DISTRICT DESIGN PROJECTS

Project

Participating Jurisdiction(s)

Status

South Trib. Slaughterhouse Gulch

Littleton

Complete

Lakewood Gulch at Tennyson

Denver

Complete

Parker/Mexico Outfall

Arapahoe County

Complete

Lena Gulch @ Mountain Side

Jefferson County

Complete

Irondale 80th Ave. Outfall

Adams County

Complete

Piney Creek

Arapahoe County, Centennial

Complete

Lena Gulch

Golden

Complete

Upper Big Dry Creek

Highlands Ranch

Complete

Lena Gulch

Jefferson County

Complete

Lake Erie Tributary 1

Adams County, Thornton

Complete

Utah Junction Outfall

Adams County

Complete

McKay Outfall

Adams County

95% Complete

Little Willow Creek

Douglas County

90% Complete

Kalcevic Reservoir

Adams County

80% Complete

South Lakewood Gulch

Lakewood

75% Complete

Globeville Outfall

Adams County

75% Complete

Arvada Channel

Arvada

30% Complete

Piney Creek

Aurora

70% Complete

Hoffman Drainageway

Adams County

10% Complete

Drainageway B

Lakewood

  5% Complete

The year 2003 saw the District's Design and Construction Program committing over $7.4 million to design and construction projects throughout the Denver Metropolitan area. The Capital Program still maintains some 90+ projects in the process of design, obtaining lands and easements, or construction.

Noteworthy this past year was the bidding of the Van Bibber Creek Flood Control Project by the Corps of Engineers. This $14.2 million flood control project was awarded in October by the Corps to Arapahoe Utilities and Infrastructure, Inc. of Englewood. Groundbreaking for the project is scheduled to take place on January 5, 2004 with completion tentatively set for the spring of 2006. This project has been in the planning and design phases since the mid-1980s and is now finally coming to fruition. The City of Arvada is the Local Project Sponsor for the construction portion of the project. The District and City will ultimately contribute over $7.2 million in lands, easements, utility relocations and cash toward this long awaited drainage and flood control project. Completion of this project will remove several homes and businesses from the 100-year floodplain of Van Bibber Creek primarily in the area between Kipling and Garrison Streets along West 58th Avenue.

STATUS OF DISTRICT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Project

Jurisdiction(s)

Cost

Status

Cottonwood Creek

ArapCo, Greenwood

1,360,200

Complete

Brookridge/Grant Outfall

Arapahoe County

996,000

Complete

Drainageway 4

Lafayette

400,000

Complete

Pinehurst Tributary

Denver, Jefferson Co.

769,000

Complete

Baldwin Gulch

Douglas County

1,017,000

Complete

Goose Creek

Boulder

3,480,000

Complete

Park Hill Outfall

Denver

1,849,000

Complete

Happy Canyon Creek

Douglas County

301,000

Complete

Plaster Reservoir

Broomfield

475,000

Complete

Clear Creek at Washington St.

Golden

3,322,000

Complete

Slaughterhouse Gulch Trib.

Littleton

675,000

Complete

Sulphur Gulch

Parker

1,275,000

Complete

Park Hill Outfall Phase II

Denver

1,600,000

Complete

Kenneys Run West Fork

Golden

2,293,000

95% Complete

30th & Magnolia

Denver

3,230,000

40% Conplete

Virginia Village

Denver

800,000

25% Complete

A more recent effort in the City and County of Denver saw the selection of five engineering consultants for the design of improvements to five separate outfall systems in Denver. Even though the District does not have any funding identified for the design of these improvements, we do have monies designated in future years for the construction of improvements to the Montclair Outfall, University/Mexico Outfall, Globeville Outfall, Harvard Gulch Outfall, and the 27th and Federal Outfall. Denver has well over $100 million in bond money designated for these projects. The District looks forward to our continued fine working relationship with Denver in the design and implementation of these much needed drainage and flood control projects.

Another project of note this past year was the completion of the Cottonwood Creek project located near Peoria. Six different parties were involved in this project to include in addition to the District, the City of Greenwood Village, Arapahoe County, Cherry Creek Basin Authority, Arapahoe Water and Wastewater Authority and the Landmark Metropolitan District. This project provided much needed capacity improvements along this stretch of Cottonwood Creek as well as water quality features designed to reduce the phosphorus load into Cherry Creek Reservoir. Paul Hindman, Senior Project Engineer, is to be congratulated for bringing this project to completion while juggling the needs of six different project sponsors.

The year 2004 looks to be another busy year for the Design and Construction Program with over $9.6 million identified for 38 new or existing projects.


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