Work is underway to stabilize the stormwater channel along Sand Creek to protect the Platte Avenue Bridge and surrounding public and private properties from erosion and flooding and to improve water quality for downstream communities.
This stretch of Sand Creek is a known place for flooding and erosion. This stabilization project will repair approximately a half-mile section of Sand Creek directly south of the Platte Avenue Bridge filling and reshaping the creek, installing grouted boulder drop structures to safely step the creek down and rebuilding the natural habitat along the creek.
The project will raise the bottom of Sand Creek and regrade the banks back to a stable slope to prevent erosion and provide flood protection for up to a 100-year storm event through the half-mile improved section.
The project should be complete by the end of summer.