Public Works center begins June 22

City o cials will kick o work on a new home for public works functions at 10 a.m June 22 with an eye towards an opening in late 2024.

e groundbreaking ceremony will celebrate the City of Brighton’s new municipal service center at 503 Madison St. e 67,668-square-foot facility will accommodate sta from several departments including eet, parks and open space, public works, and utilities, all of which currently operate in sepa- rate aging facilities. e Brighton Police Department will have a substation at the facility, as well.

“Completing this project has been a longstanding goal of the City Council,” said Deputy City Manager Marv Falconburg. “Our old facilities are very out of date and inadequate to meet the needs of our residents. is will be a state-of-the-art facility that we can be proud to have our employees work in and will serve our community well into the future.”

Construction Management and e city began looking at alternatives for a new maintenance facility in 2019. Each function within public works currently operates its own maintenance facilities. Mayor Greg Mills said at the city’s rag-tag assembly of buildings was ine cient and wasteful.

Construction Firm FCI Constructors, Inc. won the $26.1 million contract to do the work.

“If anybody has a question as to why this facility is needed, we can take you on a tour of what they have now,” Mills said. “It’s embarrassing. It’s very em- barrassing that a city of our size has the conditions that they are in now.” Councilors rst reviewed the designs at their Feb. 14 study session but approved the concept in March 2021. at allowed work on the design of the facility, which wrapped up this year. e facility will include a 67,668-square-foot building on a 244,000-square-foot site. e center will be built on 15.5 acres the city owns Northwest of Main and Denver streets, surrounding the Tractor Supply store. Work is expected to wrap up in 2024.