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Officials describe three-year 50 Eighth Avenue reconstruction with new storm system and retaining wall in Northern Globeville
Summary
Staff described a roughly three-year reconstruction of 50 Eighth Avenue that lowered the roadway about 5.5 feet, added a stormwater system, required a new retaining wall and relocated utilities after encountering hazardous material, officials said.
Speaker 1, a staff member, said the 50 Eighth Avenue project was carried out to improve an industrial roadway corridor and its pavement service, and that the road had been a simple two-lane industrial street before the work. "The 50 Eighth Avenue project was created so that we could improve the roadway corridor as in the way of the pavement service," Speaker 1 said.
The project addressed longstanding drainage and safety problems on what staff described as "one of the heaviest industrial corridors we have." Speaker 2, a staff member, said the roadway previously had "just ditches, no sidewalk curb or gutter" and that inadequate drainage had caused flooding for…
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