Pulse: Project News for the Week of March 25, 2019
Arizona The Flood Control District of Maricopa County is planning on carrying out the Agua Fria Watercourse Master Plan Channelization Alternative. The project will create a 1,200-ft-wide corridor that will incorporate a flood channel, a mid-terrace floodplain and a 100-ft-wide landscape buffer on either side. The corridor will provide a continuous river way for water conveyance as well as providing multiuse opportunities for trails, parks and open space recreation. The project will extend 32 miles from Indian School Road in the south to the Central Arizona Project siphon crossing in the north. The project is valued between $115 million and $148 million. Flood Control District of Maricopa County, 2801 W. Durango St., Phoenix, 85009. DR#10-00601916.
Colorado Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority is planning to carry out the Grand Junction Regional Airport Runway 11/29 replacement project. The project entails an 1,800-ft runway shift to the northwest, and relocation of 7,700 ft of the two-lane 27th Road to the northwest. The shift will require 1.7 million cu yd of embankment and will be constructed in phases as necessary to allow for realignment of roadways, procurement of land and completion of paving for the new runway and taxiway extensions. Once the extension has been installed, the final phase of the rehabilitation project will remove the eastern end of the runway and adjust all lighting and navigational aids. The project is being designed by Mead & Hunt Inc. The project is valued at $85 million. Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority, 800 Eagle Drive, Grand Junction, 81506. DR#17-00545844.