Update on Chatfield Storage Reallocation Project (CSRP)      Posted 1/28/19
Recently, board members of The Greenway Foundation and the Colorado Parks Foundation visited Chatfield State Park for an update on the Chatfield Storage Reallocation Project (CSRP).  Board members had a chance to view projects completed in 2018, including Plum Creek Nature Area extensive revegetation efforts and completion of new recreation trails. The foundations have been interested in and supporters of the project for decades.  Over the years they have donated staff time, funding and services to help get the project studied and approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Now the Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement requirements are being implemented.

Construction on CSRP began in fall 2017.  Since then, tremendous progress has been made on the environmental mitigation and recreational modification projects required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).  The $171 million project is expected to be completed in 2020, but all elements of the project must be approved by the Corps before members of the Chatfield Reservoir Mitigation Company (CRMC) may begin storing water in the reservoir.  When the separate elements are completed and approved by the Corps, CRMC members will be allowed to store an additional 20,600-acre feet of water in the reservoir.

2019 – Season Two
Chatfield Reservoir Mitigation Company is anticipating reopening a large majority of the recreational areas impacted by Memorial Day 2019.
Please continue to visit chatfieldreallocation.org/construction for regularly updated information on construction activities and closures.​

​Projects underway in Season Two (2019) include:

• South Boat Ramp - The South Boat Ramp closed in September 2018.  The new South Boat Ramp is scheduled to reopen by May 1, 2019.
• Perimeter Road (Jamison Day Use Area to Park Headquarters) - Due to the replacement of the South Platte River bridge and the construction activities at the Gravel Pond and Kingfisher, the Perimeter Road will be closed starting October 2018, with an anticipated reopening date by May 24, 2019. The closure will be in effect from Jamison Day Use Area to Park Headquarters. Please note that all park amenities on the west side of the park (Dog Off Leash Area to Jamison) will need to be accessed via the park’s west entrance off Wadsworth Boulevard. Campgrounds, Model Airplane Runway, and Park Headquarters will only be accessible via the park’s south entrance off Titan Road and North Roxborough Road.
• Roxborough Cove - Roxborough Cove closed for construction in September 2018 and is anticipated to reopen by May 1, 2019.
• Plum Creek Day Use Area - As of August 2018, Plum Creek Day Use Area is closed. It is anticipated to reopen by May 1, 2019.
• Plum Creek Trails (within Plum Creek Nature Area) - The civil work has been completed, however, extensive revegetation efforts along Plum Creek continued until November 2018. The recreational trail reopened in November 2018, after revegetation efforts were completed.

• Kingfisher Day Use Area and Gravel Pond - Kingfisher Day Use Area and the Gravel Pond closed for construction in October 2018. Both are anticipated to reopen by May 24, 2019.
• Swim Beach - The parking lots and access to the shoreline reopened in October 2018. While the area will be open, the new Swim Beach facilities will remain closed until Memorial Day weekend 2019.
• South Platte River Area Mitigation - Environmental mitigation activities are well underway within the South Platte River area. CRMC, Chatfield State Park, and the contractor have worked closely to clearly mark closed trails and define construction areas.  For your safety, the public’s cooperation is requested to stay off closed trails and out of construction areas. The trail closures are anticipated to remain in place until Summer 2019.

​For more information or a project status update, please visit: chatfieldreallocation.org

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Brief History and Scope of the Chatfield Storage Reallocation Project

The Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project will allow for additional water storage space within in the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ flood control reservoir. The project made significant progress during 2014. In May, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ study was concluded and a Record of Decision was issued. In September, the Water Storage Agreement was approved. Earlier in the year, the State of Colorado approved a state mitigation plan for the project. 

There is broad support for the Chatfield project. In addition to The Greenway Foundation, the project is supported by other environmental organizations, including Sierra Club, Western Resource Advocates, Conservation Colorado (formerly Colorado Environmental Coalition), Trout Unlimited and the Foundation for Colorado State Parks. Implementation planning is now underway. 

Project History:
With signing of the Record of Decision on May 29, 2014, and the Water Storage Agreement on October 9, 2014, the next step was to address environmental mitigation and recreational modification measures.  

​Click here to read the Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Study (Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement).

Questions or Comments about this project?
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