Thornton Colorado - New Aquatic Center approved

Thornton Colorado Aquatic Center finally approved.

The long awaited joint venture between the Adams 12 school district and the City of Thornton to build the district's new aquatic facility at the Holly Sports complex in Thornton finally received Thornton City Council approval this week. The Holly Sports Complex is located on the Southwest corner of 136th Avenue and Holly Street and will be known as the Thornton Trailwinds Park and Open space. The joint agreement betweent the city and the school district is a first according to city staff members.

The Aquatic Center is scheduled to open in the fall of 2010 and will eventually be attached to the new recreation center the city is also planning for the area. According to the city's agreement with the school district, the pool will be available to city residents up to 40 percent of the time, when not in use by the district. Also, the city is planning a new dog park in the area, which is great news to those of us who love our four legged friends. The overall cost of the new Aquatic Center is projected at $18.8 million dollars.

Finally, the achieve better access to the area, the city recently approved a 2.8 million dollar plan to fund a street widening along 136th Avenue between Cherry and Holly in front of Horizon High School. The current two lane road is slated to become a five lane with a continuous center turn lane. Naturally, in the interests of safety, new traffic signals are planned in front of the high school and for the Aquatic Center entrance.

Stuart Dobson

Infinity Real Estate Services LLC
Thornton, Colorado
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