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Fossil Creek Rehabilitation

The City of Fort Collins hired Ayres to develop an overall vision for the Fossil Creek Basin and site design for the restoration of approximately 2,500 feet of Fossil Creek from the confluence with Mail Creek downstream to Lemay Avenue. The project received top priority in a Colorado State University study commissioned by the City… Read More »

Bank Protection Measures Evaluation

Ayres was retained to perform research and produce guidelines for practitioners on the appropriate selection, design, installation, and maintenance of environmentally sensitive streambank stabilization and protection measures. The research concentrated on the use of willow plantings to stabilize banks. As part of the Transportation Research Board’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Ayres conducted laboratory… Read More »

Caley Drive Piney Creek Crossing

The East Caley Drive crossing of Piney Creek in Centennial, Colorado, had been a low water crossing since the 1970s, but it had increasingly become a safety hazard. The Urban Drainage and Flood Control District and the Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority retained Ayres to evaluate alternatives for the crossing and to design stream stabilization and… Read More »