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Recreation Engineering and Planning <br />ìç÷úðíåôóè÷åûè÷êìû êñøûïê÷ïíæûð  <br />COMPLETED: <br />Before <br />SPRING 2005 <br />Fish passage and whitewa- <br />ter play park, designed in <br />the Arkansas river to <br />improve habitat, eliminate <br />an in - stream hazard and <br />create a tourist attraction <br />for a variety of residents <br />Lowhead dams — once the scourge of whitewater boaters — are now becoming <br />and visitors <br />home to a new type of whitewater park. The Pueblo Whitewater Park originally <br />featured a 14 foot diversion dam in a floodway. The area was not only an eyesore, it <br />was not passable to watercraft or fish and represented a threat to public safety. <br />REP worked with the City of Pueblo and the US Army Corps of Engineers on a <br />section 206 project to transform this denuded and channelized section of the Ar- <br />kansas River into a park accessible to residents and visitors interested in a variety of <br />outdoor recreational activities, from walking and jogging to tubing, wading, and <br />kayaking. <br />The finished park includes eight drop structures that distribute the drop of the <br />original dam throughout a 1400 feet of length. Each drop creates a unique white- <br />water feature suitable for recreational kayaking, and allows fish to migrate up- <br />stream. The seven large pools created in the project serve both as fish habitat and <br />recovery areas for boaters. <br />x  x  <br />Worked with the Army Corps of Provided all in - stream design and <br />Engineers on this unique project construction inspection services <br />designed to both enhance tourism and <br />x  <br />Project maintains previous <br />improve fish habitat <br />functionality as both a power plant <br />x  <br />Eight separate drop structures <br />diversion and a floodway <br />Contact: <br />Scott Hobson <br />After <br />Senior Land Use Planner <br />Department of Planning and <br />Development <br />211 E. “D” St. <br />PO Box 1427 <br />Pueblo, Colorado, 81003 <br />719 - 543 - 6006 <br />Phone: <br />303 - 545 - 5883 <br />Fax: <br />303 - 545 - 5883 <br />E - mail: <br />recreational - <br />engineering@comcast.net <br />