Batteries a big win for Brighton

company and Colorado Governor Jared Polis March 6. e company’s say the new plant should begin operation in 2025.

Brighton approves residential speed limit

Neighborhood speeds reduced to 25 miles-per-hour

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Councilors agreed to drop the speed limits on residential side streets from 30 to 25 miles per hour.

“One thing I hear most from my constituents in Brighton is ‘Please do something about the speed of tra c in my residential neighborhood, and please slow down the people who are there,’“ Councilor Peter Padilla said. “So this is the e ort to do that. is changes the default speed. Yes, there will always be people who break the laws but the likelihood of people breaking the law is not a reason to not put one in place.”

Councilors voted 7-1 on second reading to make the change, bringing Brighton into compliance with an international tra c safety movement.

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A national manufacturer of the lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles and wearable battery packs will locate its gigawattscale manufacturing plant in Brighton, at 18875 E. Bromley Lane. e plans for the 775,000-squarefoot facility were announced by the

“We need more batteries to power the future, and now we will be manufacturing more of them right here in Colorado. We are excited to welcome Amprius to Colorado, bringing over 300 new good-paying jobs, and joining Colorado’s innovative and collaborative business community,” Polis said in a written statement.

Amprius, based in Fremont, California, began making silicon anodes for high-density lithium-ion batteries in 2008. e company holds more than 75 patents for the batter- ies, their parts and the manufacturing process. ose batteries are used for electric cars, trucks and electric drones, high-altitude gliders used for mapping called “pseudo-satellites” and electric air transportation vehicles. Customers included the U.S. Army, Airbus and BAE Systems. e plant will replace the Sears/ KMart Distribution facility just north of the Adams County building. at facility closed in 2021. It’s just west of U.S. 76 Brighton exit.

“ e selection of Colorado for our gigawatt factory marks an important

Vision Zero is an international e ort to reduce tra c deaths to zero that started in Sweden in the 1990s. It encourages local and state governments to prioritize road planning and policies that make road travel safer for all manners of tra c, from bicycles and pedestrians to cars.

At the Feb. 7 meeting Christopher Montoya Brighton’s assistant director of public works, noted that only Brighton and Commerce City allow speed limits above 25 miles per hour in residential areas in the northern Front Range. Most, including Erie, Lafayette, Northglenn,