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Sumac Avenue improvements: staff say property owners will share costs; construction expected in 2025
Summary
Planning staff updated the Transportation Advisory Board on Sumac Avenue corridor design and said property owners subject to earlier annexation agreements will share project costs; staff anticipate finalizing funding agreements this winter and beginning construction in the third quarter of 2025.
City planners told the Transportation Advisory Board on Jan. 22 that the Sumac Avenue reconstruction project between Broadway and 19th Street has advanced from concept to final design and that participating property owners will be asked to finalize cost‑share agreements.
John McFarlane, senior transportation planner, said the project team held an open house and an online questionnaire last year; about 80 percent of participating Sumac residents supported the concept design. The scope includes pavement reconstruction, improved roadway drainage, new sidewalks and crossings, a flashing beacon at the Broadway approach to the Inland Lake Trailhead, restoration of landscaping where feasible and preserved on‑street parking where property owners prefer it.
McFarlane said the project is unusual for the city because annexation agreements require frontage property owners and a number of affected landowners, including the Boulder Valley School District, to participate financially. Because of those private funding obligations, staff said they are holding one‑on‑one meetings this winter to walk property owners through design updates and individual cost‑share obligations.
The city is meeting with residents as staff finalizes funding agreements, McFarlane said; construction is anticipated to begin in quarter 3 of 2025 with a 9–12 month construction window. McFarlane and the project manager, Roger Kane, asked TAB members to direct any resident questions to staff so that project staff can respond consistently as agreements are finalized.
— Ending: Staff said they will continue one‑on‑one outreach with property owners, finalize funding agreements this winter and expect to begin construction in summer 2025.
