Client:
City and County of Denver
City and County of Denver
Denver, Colorado
This $78 million design-build project adds vital drainage infrastructure to the Cole neighborhood, one of Denver’s most historic communities, while also providing a new 12-acre recreational greenway located along 39th Avenue between Franklin and Steele Streets. The historic Montclair basin in the largest drainage basin in Denver with no natural drainage, requiring floodwater to run through neighborhood streets. The completion of this project will provide safe stormwater conveyance, improve water quality in the neighborhood, while improving the connectivity of all modes to the surrounding transit stations and businesses. The new greenway provides over a mile-long multiuse path through the project, including nature play areas, plazas, as well as twelve acres of irrigated park space with new trees and lawn areas. The first shared street in Denver was designed as a part of this project, and FHU worked closely with Denver and the community to set the new standard for this multimodal experience.