The Louisville, Colo., city council approved a contract with Landscapes Unlimited LLC to repair the city-owned property after floods in September washed out up to 40 bunkers, damaged 14 greens and tee boxes, impacted 25 acres of fairways, and destroyed three bridges. The city hopes FEMA will cover $2 million of the overall cost of the restoration, and expects the course to be open for business again in spring 2015.
The City Council approved a $5.15 million contract February 4 with Landscapes Unlimited LLC to make emergency repairs to Coal Creek Golf Course in Louisville, Colo., which was devastated by floods in September, the Boulder (Colo.) Daily Camera reported.
The contract, which includes $212,000 in previously authorized pre-construction and design services, covers improvements to all 18 holes, including greens, tee boxes, fairways, roughs, bunkers, cart paths, the driving range and putting greens, the Camera reported.
Of the total, $150,000 would be dedicated to making drainage improvements with special consideration to holes 3, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 15 and private property on the edges of the course. The city expects grass to be reseeded on the city-owned course in July and the course open for business again in the spring of 2015, the Camera reported.
Louisville Parks and Recreation Director Joe Stevens said the city hopes the Federal Emergency Management Agency will cover $2 million of the overall cost of restoration, the Camera reported. “One worry I have with FEMA is that what they consider to be eligible is not the same as what we consider to be eligible,” Stevens said.
September’s floods caused major damage to the golf course, washing out 35 to 40 bunkers, damaging 14 of 18 greens, damaging 13 to 14 tee boxes, impacting 25 acres of fairways, destroying three bridges and rendering one underpass impassable, the Camera reported.
The golf course’s irrigation system was also badly damaged, costing the city a $30,000 booster pump and half of its controllers, the Camera reported.
Late last year, Louisville terminated its contract with Western Golf Properties, which operated the course for a dozen years, after what the city says was a failure by the Lake Forest, Calif.-based company to properly assess damages and develop reconstruction plans at the golf course following the floods, the Camera reported.
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