CIPO - Canal Importation Ponds and Outfall: Fort Collins, Co.
Project currently under construction. Client: City of Fort Collins Utility Dept. and Natural Resources.
The project is intended to greatly reduce flood risk east of the New Mercer Ditch, including Constitution Avenue to City Park Drive and Elizabeth Street to Prospect Road. This project will remove approximately 150 to 200 homes from the floodplain, improve water quality in Red Fox Meadows Detention Basin and downstream to Heatheridge Ponds. CIPO will requre significant site improvements to Red Fox Meadows, Avery Park, Glenmoore, Fairbrook, and the Kane property. Projects include installation of utility connections, headwalls, and a massive outfall structure. BHA Design has been working with an artist to develop a unique form liner to be used on the concrete structures along with the use of earth toned integral color concrete.
