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Utilities present 90% design for South Boulder Creek detention and CU South restoration; trustees press for public outreach and closure plans
Summary
Utilities staff presented 90% design plans for a regional detention project on South Boulder Creek that include an earthen embankment, a concrete spillway along U.S. 36, an outlet tunnel and a 19‑acre ecological restoration area on the future CU South open‑space parcel.
City Utilities staff presented the 90% design for the South Boulder Creek flood‑mitigation project that would detain floodwaters upstream of U.S. 36 to reduce over‑topping and downstream flooding. The project combines an earthen embankment, a concrete spillway/flood wall paralleling U.S. 36, an outlet tunnel under the highway, and a 19‑acre ecological restoration area on the CU South (future open space) parcel.
Staff said the project is a regional detention approach intended to prevent the life‑safety failures caused by…
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