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Glenwood Springs details 2024 infrastructure progress, flags $10–15M Southbridge shortfall
Summary
City Engineer Ryan Gordon told the Planning & Zoning Commission that debris-flow basins, Blake Avenue reconstruction, downtown alleyway upgrades and riverbank work are largely complete or underway; the Southbridge project still shows a $10–15 million funding gap.
Glenwood Springs City Engineer Ryan Gordon told the Planning & Zoning Commission on Oct. 22 that the city completed or advanced a broad slate of infrastructure projects this year — from debris‑flow basins to a full rebuild of Blake Avenue — while continuing to seek funding to close a shortfall on the large Southbridge project.
Gordon said crews have finished several critical projects, including Oasis Creek Pump Station, structural repairs to the Devereaux Bridge and Pump Station 11000. He described debris‑flow mitigation work in Basins B through D as “about 95% complete,” funded in part by a Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) grant to protect the interchange, the wastewater plant and the Cardenal electrical substation.
The presentation focused on storm and street work in multiple neighborhoods. Gordon said the North Landing and 6th Street projects have finished…
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