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City engineer outlines 2024 accomplishments, 2025 projects including North Landing redesign and microtransit pilot
Summary
City Engineer Ryan Gordon reviewed 2024 infrastructure finishes (pump stations, lift station, bridge redeck) and previewed 2025 work: 6th Street North Landing shared-use path with diagonal parking, several neighborhood stormwater and sidewalk projects, a roundabout concept at Wolfson and Midland, bus shelter upgrades, and a Rafta-funded microtransit pilot.
Ryan Gordon, the city engineer, presented a review of completed 2024 projects and a preview of what the city intends to build or design in 2025.
Gordon listed several completed projects — Pump Station 11000 (final testing), the Oasis Creek Lift Station, Devereaux Bridge redecking and Block 45 downtown alley work — and described ongoing and planned work including the debris-flow mitigation basins, Blake Avenue resurfacing, Riverview Drive stormwater, and sanitary and water improvements on Red Mountain North.
On 6th Street North Landing, Gordon said the team will reintroduce diagonal parking and construct a single 10-foot shared-use path on the north side with an 8-foot sidewalk on the south side rather than separate bike lanes and sidewalks. "We're gonna reestablish and put back diagonal parking in that block," he said, and the Downtown Development Authority had indicated support. Gordon said the design decision aimed to improve connectivity to the Rio Grande Trail and fit the larger bike/pedestrian network.
Gordon also described design work on a conceptual roundabout at Wolfson and Midland to improve traffic flow near the rafting facility, minor drainage fixes in Cedar Crest, a comprehensive survey and outreach plan for Glenwood Park and the Cowden area, and street and sidewalk upgrades near Coach Miller Drive and Lone Tree Park. He said many projects will be multi-year efforts and that the city will pursue grants (including DOLA) when the devolution of state-owned roadways is complete.
On transit, Gordon said the city secured a Rafta grant for a microtransit pilot and plans to upgrade bus shelters (several are not ADA compliant) and coordinate with RAFTA and WeCycle on shelter design and bike-share ideas. He said 6th Street construction is scheduled to start in March and run through September, with a target of reopening and completing the work by late summer or early fall 2025, weather permitting.
Councilors asked for additional details about specific intersections (Linden & 6th, Cowden/Cedar) and signed-on projects; Gordon said the city will pursue low-cost safety improvements, signage, rapid-flash beacons and thorough public outreach before construction phases.
