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<br />Limon, Colorado Multi-Objective Flood
<br />Mitigation Project
<br />BACKGROUND
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<br />Tht' T()wn lIt Limllll Ill''-'liL.d 10 miti~all' 11rl(x1plain pnlbll'nl_"crl',Hl'\i b~' ,Ktilm.... (Ii Ull'
<br />I{m~-r.,rn~nlpl Rtxk I..land Railroad, r,b! ,Ktilllb by tilt' railn.Md h.ld l1~u]kd in
<br />l'lllargl'mmt tlf thl' tk..xiplain It I Ctl\t'T aJm(~t 1/3 III thl' To\\'n of limon. The raillinl'
<br />i..currently llWlll,\i by \tid-Sl.lll~ PliTt Authority and ofX'ratl'J by Kyll' R.lil\\'.lY.;., Ine
<br />{Ii K.ln~l'- clnd (lfil'~ tl \'alu<lblt' comp()l1l'nl of .lgrirultun' ~rdin ..hipping: fllT ,In',l
<br />fanner.... ;\t'ithl'f the Tmm d Lim()[1, .\lid-St.lk... I1llT Krlt. h.ld the rl'~(lUr("l'" l1l'\'(h..J to
<br />miti~J.tt' tl1l' pmbll'm. By tl)Wn ordin.lllll'. dl>\'e111pml'nt \\',1<, prohibitl'\i within Ihl'
<br />tlonJpJain .1...10n,l;.1.. ill'\i...tl>d.
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<br />PROJECT
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<br />TIll' PWjl'(! con...i..lt...-l of \"Miml... ph.l""-'S: 1) cha.nnelihltion of thl' drain.l~l'w,lY, :!)
<br />pl.lCl'nwnllli iO it':.,t by H-.J it':.,t of Cllnnt:'tl' bi.,,\ (ulH'rt~, 3) rcmtl\'alllf ~ilt fwm an
<br />t'\i~ting hi~h\\"ay ~Imctufl',.l) H'mO\'al and HTI,lCl'ml'llt tli railn.'lcld tracks, 5) cn'cltit)[l
<br />ot \n't!.lnd~ for thl' ClX)T wl'tl.md b,mkin~ pn~'Tam" Rt'prt~'ntatin~ fnlOl thl' Tt)wn
<br />l,f Limllll, CO!llrad,,1 W,ltl'r Con.,.t'(\'"tillll Board, C(llnradll Dl'p.lrtnwnt of
<br />Tr,m~pt)rtiltillO ((LXJT). 5tlit C(lnX'(\'ation ~'(\'jn', FAl~t Cl'ntral C0lmcil oi Local
<br />Cowmml'nb, K~'!t' R.1il\\".1~'~. Ctl!llradl1 C\'p.,rtml'nt of I..\.xal :\tf.liI;, ([X)LA), ,1Ild
<br />\Iid-St.llt-:..I'ort AUthl1rity lx-g.m to met'! n'~ul,ul:' in lW2 to attempt tl) find J \\",lY tll
<br />miti~tllt' thl' pwblelll. A kl'Y ,'.uly Cllmponl'nt \\"a.~ the dix'o\'l'J} th.l1 a ii~hin~ pond
<br />could x'r\'{' ,1 portion of the rl'quim:f ch,mnl'liLatil)n ,md thl' C(llilr,llkl Di\'isilln tlf
<br />Wildlife ([Xl\\') Pt.'l-,lnW anothl'r p,lltJll'r".....:; a l\~ull, the Town of Limt.1ll bq;.m to
<br />wl)l\iin,ltt', apply fl)r and mtlll,lgl' "llniqul' Ilxx! mitigJtit.11l fundin~ p.l(k,l~l"
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<br />BENEFITS
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<br />:\'ot only did thl' r'((lil'ct phyt;ic.1l1y t\'mll\e ,1 largt' pt1rthlll Hi T(l\\"ll fnlm thl' t1r....xi-
<br />pl.lin, but thl' ~llltil1g 1.1 ,1m' fi~hing f'll[ki j~ ,1 f,l\'oritt' ,lCti\"ity (Ii youth in the com.
<br />munity. [n ,ldditil1ll:
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<br />1 On'r .to.) pmpt'rti'.... h,1\'l' Dt'l'n phy:;jc.11Iy rt'nlll\'l'\i fnlm Ihl' ](X~Yl'tlr tl....xiplain.
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<br />.... Rl~idl'nb ,md bu~inl~"l~ in thl' llri~jn,,1 tll..........i~,[,lin will Dt' "'l\'in~ thl' annllal n~h,
<br />lIt tk'lxi jrbur.lllCl'.
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<br />J. TIll' TllWll will Dt' .111()\n'li to dl'\l'1t.lP \1pt'n ~p,l(t' initi.ltin-:.. in the .lft'.lllf the Ill..........!.
<br />t'l.lin withllut (t.~tly ,lIld tinll"'"l.lln....uming rt~tricti(ln.....
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<br />-t. TIll' f'artnel'-hi~,~ dl'wll1pt'li bt'twl'l'n indi,"iduab .1I1d .l~t"Kil-'~ wntinul' Il) bt>neiit
<br />"II.
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<br />:-, Impw\ ed ch.lnnl'l WIl\ l'y.lnCl' \\',l~ ,1(hit'\'t'li at the Clllm,ldo Hi~h\\"tl~'/l brid~e"
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<br />PROJECT COST
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<br />FUNDING SOURCE
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<br />Cl'mml/nity Ot'n'lopml'nt Bk....:l Grant fund~ l)i S22..;,l'-)J; ,1 Ltxal Rail rn'i~ht
<br />..\..~lst,ll1Ct' rn'b'T"m Cr,lnllli 5~L)Q,2.:;3; J FL....hin~ b Fun Gr.mllli Sll.l,Q.'tt: ,1
<br />Tr,1ll~p(.lrt,1ti,'n Enh,lnCt'ml'nt GrantllfS:;<1,-tI-t, in.kind "l'l\'icl~ pf on'r 51O,(X)J from
<br />COOT tll t\'nW\l' :;ilt under thl' hi~h\\""y bridgl'; mw 573,(\"(1 t,f in. kind rail I\.'mt1\".11
<br />,lI1d rl'-in~t,ll],ltit.m; pt'rpt.'1tl.ll e,lx'mcnt>- fn1m \lid.St.ltt..... rt.lrt Authl1rity ,md Kylt,
<br />R.lih\.,l:..... ,lI1J S::.I.l,l\\l in c.1..h fn)m thl' Tt1\\'n III Limllll.
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