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“There’s a lot of work and a lot of different projects to
work on,” she said. “I like the continual learning curve.
It’s a variety. When I say we do all capital projects, I
mean we do all capital projects. I’m working on a road
and I’m working on a health and human services build-
ing right now, so I learn very different things all at one
time. Sometimes we’re working playgrounds. Some-
times it’s flood control. That what keeps me here, the
variety.”
The capital improvement division includes six engi-
neers who handle the construction phase of projects,
before turning the monitoring of the completed infra-
structure to Broomfield’s Public Works Department.
Among a handful of significant projects with which en-
gineers are now involved is major construction work on
Lowell Boulevard. Upon completion, the work will not
only yield a four-lane arterial for the one-mile stretch
between 120th Avenue and East Midway Boulevard,
but also add a dedicated right turn lane at East Mid-
way, complete curb, sidewalks and landscaping along
the open space at Metzger Farm, complete a bridge
over the Nissen Channel, provide a trail underpass to
the Metzger Farm open space and upgrade water and
storm sewer facilities along Lowell Boulevard.
The $10 million price tag is being picked up jointly by
Broomfield, another jurisdiction and the Urban Drain-
age and Flood Control District, which assists local gov-
ernments in the Denver metropolitan area with multi-
jurisdictional drainage and flood control problems.
Major road construction activities are expected to end
by December, though final landscaping will not take
