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County approves geocell stabilization for detention center’s south berm
Summary
Pueblo County commissioners approved an agreement with RJ Gleason Construction to install a geocell rock system on the south berm at the Pueblo County Detention Center to address severe erosion and reduce recurring maintenance, county staff said.
PUEBLO, Colo. — Pueblo County commissioners approved a resolution on Aug. 7 to hire RJ Gleason Construction for a South Berm Stabilization Project at the Pueblo County Detention Center, a project county staff described as a long-term fix for severe erosion that has repeatedly filled the bottom swale carrying runoff from the building's west and south sides.
County staff presented the project as a shift from the original plan of seeding natural vegetation on a 16%–18% slope to installing a plastic geocell landscape system, which staff said would reduce or eliminate recurring maintenance caused by erosion. "The slope out there is approximately 16 to 18% and that was not going to be a safe way to maintain that sloped surface," said Dave Zubin, a county staff member who presented the proposal. He…
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