Infrastructure Improvements

Clear Creek Interceptor Rehabilitation Project

As part of ongoing system maintenance, Metro Water Recovery is rehabilitating segments of sanitary sewer pipe in our service area.

The Clear Creek Interceptor Rehabilitation project is necessary to maintain approximately 13,000 feet of sewer pipeline in the City of Arvada, City of Wheat Ridge, Adams County, and the City and County of Denver that were identified as being severely corroded.

The construction method (known as “cured in place pipe or CIPP”) allows work to be completed within a relatively small footprint by inserting a liner into the pipe that is cured with heat to become a pipe within a pipe. However, CIPP installation cannot be performed during live flow conditions and requires temporary above-ground bypass pumping. Short-term road closures and/or traffic detours will be required along the route.

Metro is committed to completing this routine maintenance project safely and efficiently with minimal disturbance to local businesses, residents, and visitors.

What to expect during construction:

• Work will occur from September 2024 through June 2025. Construction is scheduled to minimize disruption to outdoor spaces; schedule is weather dependent and subject to change. Upon completion, worksites will be restored to preconstruction conditions and crews will move to the next location.

• Brief disturbances will be limited to a series of fourteen worksites (approximately two weeks per site). The first bypass setup will likely begin the first or second week of September.

Measures to reduce odor, noise, and traffic impact

• Odor
  Worksites primarily use existing manholes and require no open pipelines; materials may have an odor similar to modeling glue for brief periods during installation of CIPP lining.
• Noise
  Bypass pumps must run continuously during installation of CIPP lining; crews will work extended shifts to complete this work as efficiently as possible.
• Safety
  Active bypass pumping systems will be monitored 24/7 for security.
• Traffic
  All short-term road and parking closures will adhere to pre-approved City of Aurora and/or Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) protocols.

• Bypass 1
  Lowell Blvd. and W. 56th Way (Complete)
• Bypass 2:
  Youngfield Blvd. and W. 42nd Ave. (Complete)
• Bypass 3:
  Clear Creek Trail on Southwest Corner of Tabor Lake (Complete)
• Bypass 4
  Clear Creek Trail from Carr St. to W. 44^th Ave. (December 2nd)
• Bypass 5
  Clear Creek Trail Northwest of W. 60^th Ave. and Federal Blvd. (Complete)
• Bypass 6
  Marshall St. and W. 49^th Dr.  (Complete)
• Bypass 7 Between 64^th Ave and 66^th Ave. from Downing St. to Franklin St. (Complete)
• Bypass 8 Clear Creek Trail South of Newgate Apartments (Date TBD)
• Bypass 9 Garrison St. and W. 42^nd St. to the Clear Creek Trail South of Iris St. (January 27th)
• Bypass 10 Crestview Water and Sanitation (Date TBD)
• Bypass 11 Spano Farm and Produce (Complete)
• Bypass 12
  Southwest of Sheridan Blvd. and Ralston Rd. (Date TBD)
• Bypass 13 Located in Amazon DDE9 and Navajo Express Properties in Commerce City (January 13th)

Contact Us

Anne Marie Boger – Community Engagement Liaison

720-484-4860

Amy Lovatt-Public Information Officer

720-400-8633

publicinfo@metrowaterrecovery.com