Pueblo West outlines 2025 capital improvements: tanks, mains, trails and parks

Operational Support Director Sean Winters summarized Pueblo West’s 2025 capital improvement projects, giving estimated costs and anticipated procurement windows for parks, utilities, roads and administration projects.

Key items included a Fire Station No. 1 remodel estimated at about $2.4 million (bidding in Q4), a 40-by-50 equipment storage building at Lavelle Park (~$75,000, Q2), nearly 14,000 linear feet of 10-foot asphalt trail on Purcell Boulevard (~$1.5 million, Q3), Civic Center Park projects (dog park ~ $200,000; trail Phase 1 ~$460,000; turf replacement ~$30,000), and multiple utilities projects including a 2,000,000-gallon North Tank Farm storage tank (~$3.8 million, Q4), Purcell Transmission Main (~$4.9 million, Q1), main replacement in Tract 337 (~$5.7 million, Q3), and a well development/ Cyclone Trail pipeline (5,700 feet of 8-inch PVC, ~$1.5 million, Q3).

Sean said project documents will be advertised through BidNet and procurement questions will be handled through the district’s procurement manager. Directors asked for clarifications on the railroad‑tie fence repairs along Highway 50 West, potential CDOT requirements if the fence is removed, and the per‑linear‑foot cost variances among pipeline projects. Sean explained differences are driven by site conditions, private property service tie-ins and the need to protect existing infrastructure such as trails.

Directors also asked about design requirements for fire station remodels; Sean said the district is using HBNA, the architect that designed Fire Station No. 2, because of their experience with fire‑department-specific facilities such as decontamination and split dirty/clean zones.

Staff said each project will return to the board as it moves to bid.