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Open Spaces requests $406,597 increase to finish Coyote Creek design after unanticipated hurdles
Summary
Project manager Ray Winn told commissioners that an engineered vehicle‑rated boardwalk, a full cultural survey, and late fire‑rescue comments raised design costs; staff requested $406,597 to backfill construction administration and permit costs.
Arapahoe County Open Spaces staff asked the Board of County Commissioners to approve a $406,597 scope increase to complete final design steps and backfill construction administration funds for the Coyote Creek regional park project.
Ray Winn, the project manager, told commissioners that three unanticipated hurdles sent design costs higher than originally scoped. He said engineering needs at the creek required a vehicle‑rated boardwalk rather than the pedestrian or breakaway boardwalks assumed in the master plan; that boardwalk alone now carries an estimated field cost of about $1,200,000. He also…
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