Sheriff Reservoir Dam safety project gains momentum, but funding challenges persist

Sheriff Reservoir Dam safety project gains momentum, but funding challenges persist

The town of Oak Creek has cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle for its Sheriff Reservoir Dam safety upgrade project, making headway toward securing a $3.5 million federal grant, but now must tackle rising construction costs and fill a multi-million-dollar funding gap left by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. At the regular meeting of the Oak Creek Board of Trustees on Thursday, Sept. 25, which also served as a joint meeting with the Routt…