Cherry Creek

The Cherry Creek Irrigation Diversion Modification Project pre-bid meeting was conducted yesterday.  There was a good turnout of local and regional contractors.  As part of the meeting, we visited the site.

KCCD's Mark Crowley (center) talks with the attending contractors about the project.

This is one of the two irrigation diversions addressed by this project.  It is part of the Moe Road bridge structure.  The fish passage barrier aspect of the project is apparent.

The second diversion serves two landowners, one of whom operates this pump station.  RH2 engineer Paul Cross (center pointing) explains the work at this site.

This project will result in fish screens for approximately 14 cubic feet per second and it will correct two fish passage barriers that currently block access into 2 miles of stream habitat.  There have been documented juvenile Chinook and likely juvenile steelhead rearing below the lower diversion in the off season, so we expect that these juveniles will rear in the this additional reach after the project is completed.

Bids are due September 1 and we hope to start work in mid to late October.

AL