Kinney Run Improvements (G150 Project)

The Kinney Run Improvement Project is a Public/Private Partnership between the City and Molson Coors for improvements to the Kinney Run Flood Plain Area on the east side Ford Street in downtown Golden, between 14^th Street and Clear Creek. This project is related to the G150 project that is within the Kinney Run flood plain. Coors was looking at options to remove their property from the flood plain, and determined that creating an open channel along Ford Street from 14th Street to Clear Creek would be the best way to accomplish this goal.

Under the project, much of the Molson Coors property will be removed from the Kinney Run 100 year flood plain, and would also positively impact this flood plain along Ford Street within the City as well. By helping to fund an increase in the capacity of this planned open channel, the City is enabling a future upstream project to remove even more of East Downtown from the flood plain on the west side of Ford Street. The Kinney Run Improvement Project will also create a wider sidewalk on the east side of Ford Street between 14^th Street and Clear Creek, and the channel bottom will feature naturalistic landscaping, as it will be visible during dry periods. A new bridge across the open channel at 13^th Street will be constructed as part of the project, necessitating a detour from 13^th to 12^th Street while the 13^th and Ford Street intersection is closed. In addition, the Clear Creek Trail will be closed east of the Ford Street bridge on the south side of the creek, where it crosses into Vanover Park, for an extended period; however, a detour crossing at Water Street will allow a safe Ford Street crossing into Vanover Park and access to the Tucker Gulch Trail to the north.

There will be trail and street closures in the area from Spring 2021-Fall 2021. Please follow this page and sign up for updates for information on closures and the work being done.

Update December 1:

Miller Coors is working to reopen the 13^th Street connection from Golden to 32^nd Ave., which has faced some delays since the November 17 target date was set. The new timeframe they have provided would reopen 13^th Street the week of December 6, weather permitting.

Update May 24:

Molson Coors will be re-opening 12^th at Ford soon, but on June 1, will be closing 13^th at Ford for channel work. Please refer to this map for suggested detours on either Hwy 58 or 44^th Ave. to avoid the construction. This work and the detours will likely be in place until early fall.

Update April 19:

Coors working on Tree Removal with Replanting to Come – Coors has removed some trees along the east side of Ford between the creek and 12^th Street, starting next week there will be trees removed south of 12^th Street. Replacement trees will be planted along a new and wider sidewalk once the channel construction is complete, see plan drawing for the future view.

Clear Creek Trail Detour – Starting next week, Public Works will be putting up signs of the trail detour on May 5^th. During this one week period, the trail over Vanover bridge will continue to be open but the signs will help trail users prepare for the detour. Starting May 5^th, bike and pedestrian traffic will be officially detoured along the west side of Ford Street via a new Water Street crossing that takes trail users through Vanover Park to connect the Clear Creek Trail to the Tucker Gulch Trail.

Update April 13:

This month work will begin on the Kinney Run that will run along Ford St. Construction will begin on both the 14th St. and the Clear Creek end of the greenway and the contractors will work towards the section between 12th and 13th St. The culvert for the bridge at 12th has been poured and that bridge will be opening sometime in May.

Update: April 1:

City Council will be looking at a potential agreement between the City and Coors on channel upgrades on Tuesday, April 20. The cost for these upgrades will between $600,000 and $700,000. This is a $10 million project for Molson Coors and Golden will get significant benefit from their project. This improvement will be occurring on Molson Coors property and will be covered by a permanent drainage easement to the city which will allow for Mile High drainage to have the section on their drainage maintenance list. The City's ability to partner with Molson Coors on this project allows us to complete future projects that removes Ford Street and areas to the west from the flood plain for substantially less cost than it would otherwise would.

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Molson Coors G150 Project

The flood channel improvement opportunity exists because of the Molson Coors G150 Project which will modernize the Brewery's 1960s/1970s-era brewing technologies and will enable Coors to brew their products using 15% less energy and will save over 100 million gallons of water a year. These improvements will enable the brewery to have a smaller impact on the environment in Colorado.

April Update: The excavation in front of the Brewery is close to completion and working to backfill the area where the new cellar will sit is well underway. As a result of knocking down buildings and excavating the G150 Project has recycled 6.7 million lbs. of metal and crushed 95 million pounds of concrete. Overall, over 98% of the material from the buildings has either been recycled or reused.

March Update: The lakes in front of the brewery have been drained and they are now in the process of excavating the remainder of the area that will house the new beer production building. This excavation will continue for the next couple of months, and once that is complete, they will start the process of filling in the area and make final preparations for laying the foundations of the new beer production building.

Why is the sidewalk closed on Ford street?

Sidewalk traffic will be rerouted along the east side of Ford Street through the continuation of the project to keep our community safe and out of the construction zone of the flood control channel.

What is being done with the material that is being removed from the site?

The project will reuse and recycle as much of the material as possible. The concrete will be ground down and be used as fill material under the G150 cellar. Molson Coors has also recycled over 5,000,000 lbs. of metal thus far on the project.