Notice Regarding Harrison Oaks Development and High Line Canal Impacts

What is the project and why is it needed?

Harrison Oaks is a new development consisting of eleven single-family residential lots. Access to the development will be achieved via a pedestrian and a vehicular bridge installed over the High Line Canal, which will require a temporary detour for High Line Canal users.

Where will the project occur?

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When will the work occur and how will it impact me?

Detour routes were implemented at the end of August for the High Line Canal bridge and trail construction and may be in place for up to six months.

Tree Care and Mitigation

To provide access to the Harrison Oaks Development, a pedestrian and a vehicular bridge are being installed over the High Line Canal, which requires the developer to remove approximately forty trees, many as small as six inches in diameter.

Based on a 2016 inventory, there are over twenty-three thousand trees greater than six inches in diameter along the length of the 71-mile High Line Canal corridor.

Of the more than twenty-three thousand trees along the corridor, nearly twenty-five-hundred are located in the section of the canal that runs through Greenwood Village.

Harrison Oaks was required to compensate Denver Water for the loss of trees. Denver Water is investing back into the overall care and management of the trees and 71-mile corridor by:

    • Providing continued support for the Community Vision Plan, of which Greenwood Village and all other jurisdictions along the canal are signatories of.
    • Using recently gathered data to more effectively and proactively manage the existing trees along the canal corridor. The increased level of management will begin in the fall of 2017/winter of 2018.
    • Working with the High Line Canal Conservancy and other jurisdictional partners, such as Greenwood Village, to initiate a comprehensive tree care master plan and develop landscape guidelines that reflect the Community Vision Plan. To learn more about this tree care plan, click here.
    • Ensuring that any new tree plantings happen at a time, and in a way that will promote the long-term success and alignment with the future of the canal corridor.
Who should I contact if I have questions or concerns?

For information regarding the Harrison Oaks development: Greenwood Village Community Development at comdev@greenwoodvillage.com or 303-486-5783

For information regarding the High Line Canal and future tree management: High Line Canal Conservancy at hello@highlinecanal.org or 720-767-2452.