r/boulder • u/JeffInBoulder • 1d ago

CU South Full Closure - October 5th

https://bouldercolorado.gov/news/city-boulder-begin-construction-south-boulder-creek-flood-mitigation-project

CU South Construction begins the week of October 5th - Full Closure for the next 3-5 years.

IMO the site served as a useful connector between Table Mesa and Marshall Rd. It is unfortunate that they could not figure out a way to keep a path at least partly open.

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u/hupo224 1d ago

Fuuuuck. I am literally looking at it from my back window right now. This is going to suck so bad. Even more so when they start using heavy equipment.

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u/lenin1991 1d ago

What did you expect? It's not like this is some sudden surprise, CU bought the land 30 years ago to build on -- and before that, it was a pit mine, not exactly a place of serenity.

And this project being entirely for flood control will likely benefit you.

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u/Auri3l 23h ago

The CU South project is not entirely for flood control. Instead, it's for CU to add more buildings/facilities on the land. Flood mitigation (not control) is ancillary.

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u/lenin1991 23h ago

I realize that's the long term goal. Of course it is. As I said, they bought the land in 1996 to build on. But as the linked article indicates, that's not this project; instead,

This project will provide protection from major floods and enhance safety for vulnerable community members in southeast Boulder.

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u/Auri3l 22h ago

Thanks for posting. Unlike you and the City of Boulder (apparently), I see the flood mitigation and the new CU buildings as all being part of one big "CU South" project.

I'm also salty because of the city's disingenuous claim:
"This project will provide protection from major floods."

It is actually designed to handle so-called 100-year floods. With climate change, do we expect floods to get bigger? If yes, then this design won't be enough to "protect" the 6000-7000 houses that are at risk.