Capital Improvements & Management Activities
The Metro District's Public Works Department is responsible for:

• Construction of major pipe systems, culverts and regional detention ponds.
• Management of stormwater facilities in open space corridors. Examples include channel stabilization and bank protection projects.
• Work with the Metro District's Open Space staff to monitor progress of the wetlands.

These activities are closely coordinated internally with Metro District's Parks & Open Space staff and externally with regional organizations like the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD), Douglas County Engineering and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USCOE).

2008 Projects
The section of the Big Dry Creek drainage between Big Dry Park and the bridge on the Grand View trail will be improved this year with channel stabilization efforts.  This work will entail construction of structures in the drainage way. 

Projects currently under construction are at Sand Creek Park.  The improvements include a reconstruction of the trail crossing and channel stabilization in Dad Clark Gulch, west of the trail crossing.  For more information, please click here.  There will also be some repairs to the project in Dad Clark Gulch, south of Gateway Drive. 

The Metro District is also planning some wetlands and open space plantings this spring. These planning projects typically utilize volunteers to do the work.

Flood Control
The Metro District cooperates with Douglas County and the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) to build and manage flood control ponds in the community. Through a system of regional stormwater detention ponds and open space drainage ways, all commercial and residential properties in the community are located outside the 100 year flood plain, per Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) criteria.

Flood plain maps and release letters may be obtained by contacting the Douglas County Building Division at 303-660-7497, or at http://www.douglas.co.us/Departments.html.

This page was last updated on February 04, 2008.
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