The 10-year, 41-acre Fox Park Redevelopment project in Denver’s Globeville neighborhood is beginning to take shape. When complete, the development will include a new World Trade Center as well as hotel, office and residential space and 14 acres of outdoor parks and amenities. Saunders Construction is building the underground parking garage, with two connections to future below-grade parking structures for the WTC complex. Once complete, Saunders will start on the outdoor plaza area that will sit on top of the garage. The contractor demolished the former Denver Post shipping and receiving building and completed the environmental cleanup and Phase 1 infrastructure work.

Interior Deploys Millions for Western Water Systems

The U.S. Department of the Interior on March 17 announced $889 million in investments for water infrastructure projects across six Western states, including Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. The funding comes from the large spending and tax bill signed by President Trump in July 2025. It provides $1 billion through 2034 to restore and expand capacity in existing federal water systems while accelerating permitting for major projects. The allocation is substantial by project standards, but it is a fraction of what engineers say is needed. The funding includes $100 million to replace Utah’s Strawberry Highline Canal—an open conveyance that has delivered irrigation water in southern Utah County since 1913—with an enclosed pipeline to reduce seepage losses and improve delivery efficiency. Wyoming’s $100 million goes to the Fort Laramie Canal tunnels, where a July 2019 ceiling collapse in Tunnel No. 2 left the system running below its 1,500-cfs design capacity and operating on emergency repairs. The Bureau of Reclamation approved demolition and reconstruction of approximately 6,642 ft of tunneling along the 85.3-mile canal in 2025. In northern Idaho, $30 million will go to the Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District for a conveyance and pump storage project.