Council approves $4.5 million transit‑oriented infrastructure grant pass‑through for Ridge Road housing project

Aug 11, 2026

Wheat Ridge will pass $4.5 million in DOLA Transit Oriented Communities infrastructure funds to Foothills Regional Housing to build public infrastructure for a proposed 200‑unit affordable housing project and an on‑site Red Rocks Community College nursing facility; council approved execution of the agreements 8–0.

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Council authorized the city to pass through $4,500,000 awarded from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs Transit Oriented Communities Infrastructure program to Foothills Regional Housing for public infrastructure described in the Ridge Road master plan. Staff said the funds will be used for perimeter improvements on 54th Avenue, Miller Street and Ridge Road, including curb, gutter, sidewalks, tree‑lawns, signal modifications and sanitary‑sewer upgrades coordinated with the sewer district.

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