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Fountain Creek Channel and Flood Restoration at Eagleridge

Map of the Eagleridge Focus Area project area with colored zones indicating different restoration scores and areas, with a legend and coordinates.
Eagleridge Focus Area Map 

Project Details

  • Project Channel Length: 2,500 linear feet
  • Projected Project Cost: $4.4 Million
  • Estimated Completion: Spring 2025

 

February 2025 Project Update

Eagleridge Project construction is underway, beginning in Fall 2024. FCWD hired Holcim as the construction contractor for this large project in Pueblo County. FCWD’s Monetary Mitigation Funds are being used to fund the work. After working extensively with the Pueblo Police Department, the site was cleared of unhoused encampments and Holcim was given the green light to move forward on construction. Work began on the south end where it will tie in with FCWD’s Highway 47 restoration project that was damaged in the high water events of 2023. Fountain Creek has been temporarily re-routed to the east allowing Holcim to construct the west portion of the project site. Once this is done, the creek will be redirected again to facilitate the construction of the east banks and structures.

The Highway 47 repair and tie-in entails 2,400 feet of channel work. Approximately 25 percent of the soil riprap is installed and 40 percent of excavation and fill is completed. Phase One work - consisting of the removal of an abandoned waterline and the bollards protecting the abandoned line - are complete. The installation of the two riffle structures has begun. These riffle structures are used to hold an existing grade and slow the loss of sediment. We expect to have substantial completion of the project by the end of April.

 

A river flows between two muddy banks with the sun shining in a clear blue sky.
View south overlooking Fountain Creek diversion at Eagleridge Project site.
Sign installed on the Fountain Creek Eagleridge Project in Pueblo, CO; project to be completed in Spring 2025 for $4.46 million; lists project benefits; and lists the project partners FCWD, Matrix, and HOLCIM
Project sign installed at the Fountain Creek Eagleridge Project in Pueblo, CO.
A narrow river with rocky banks, partially covered in snow, under a clear blue sky.
View north overlooking Fountain Creek diversion at Eagleridge Project site.
Three people in hard hats and high-vis vests stand on a snowy construction site.
FCWD staff during Eagleridge Project site visit in personal protective equipment.
Pipes stacked on dirt at a construction site with trees and a clear blue sky in the background.
Bollards removed from Fountain Creek which were causing substantial debris catching.
A person in safety gear observes a large, damaged pipeline on a muddy construction site under a clear blue sky.
FCWD staff member indicating abandoned waterline removed at Eagleridge Project site.
A dirt path through barren trees and snow, with orange fencing along the side.
View of Eagleridge Project site.
Three people wearing hard hats and safety vests smiling outdoors near a river.
FCWD staff near Fountain Creek diversion in personal protective equipment.
A river with surrounding snow-covered banks under a clear blue sky.
Additional view south overlooking Fountain Creek diversion at Eagleridge Project site.
A river flows between two muddy banks with the sun shining in a clear blue sky.
Sign installed on the Fountain Creek Eagleridge Project in Pueblo, CO; project to be completed in Spring 2025 for $4.46 million; lists project benefits; and lists the project partners FCWD, Matrix, and HOLCIM
A narrow river with rocky banks, partially covered in snow, under a clear blue sky.
Three people in hard hats and high-vis vests stand on a snowy construction site.
Pipes stacked on dirt at a construction site with trees and a clear blue sky in the background.
A person in safety gear observes a large, damaged pipeline on a muddy construction site under a clear blue sky.
A dirt path through barren trees and snow, with orange fencing along the side.
Three people wearing hard hats and safety vests smiling outdoors near a river.
A river with surrounding snow-covered banks under a clear blue sky.

 

Why Eagleridge?

Located in Pueblo, CO near Eagleridge and I-25, the Eagleridge Focus Area was evaluated in 2021 and 2022 and it was determined that removal of the waterline crossing bollards, stabilization of the channel and connection of the floodplain at the extension of the Highway 47 project should be designed and constructed. The planning and design of the project progressed during 2022 and the project was scheduled for construction in Fall 2023. Unfortunately, due to heavy rains in Spring 2023 and resulting issues, the design needed modifications and the project start was rescheduled for Fall 2024.

 

Colorado College Eagleridge Storyboard

In the Spring of 2024, FCWD partnered with a Colorado College Landscape Processes and Evaluation class and their professor Dr. Sarah Schanz. FCWD Executive Director Alli Schuch provided an introduction to FCWD, its work, and an overview of the Fountain Creek Watershed. Students spent time in the field observing and measuring some of FCWD's projects and developed three storyboards. These storyboards provide an overview and evaluation of FCWD's work around erosion control, the erratic nature of the creek, and thoughts on future projects. 

CC Eagleridge Storyboard