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Commissioners ratify CWCB grant to pipe Orchard Mesa channel, enabling 38 Road bike-and-ped project

Mesa County Board of Commissioners · January 27, 2026
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Summary

The board ratified a Colorado Water Conservation Board grant read aloud as $11,786,007.36 to pipe the Orchard Mesa check channel, which staff said would enable construction of a bike-and-pedestrian path on 38 Road; Laura Page said the grant would pay up to half the piping cost and, with an earlier TAP grant, yields roughly $2.6 million toward a project staff estimated at about $6 million; vote 3-0.

Mesa County commissioners on Jan. 27 ratified the county's acceptance of a Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) grant for the Orchard Mesa check piping that county staff said is necessary to build a bike-and-pedestrian path alongside 38 Road.

"This grant is from the Colorado Water Conservation Board that will pay for up to half of the cost to pipe the Orchard Mesa check channel that runs parallel to 38…

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