With City Council approval, Broomfield will add nearly $6 million of additional funding to two drainage improvement projects.

The resolutions approved unanimously in Tuesday night’s City Council meeting amend the intergovernmental agreements between Broomfield and the Mile High Flood District for drainage improvements to reduce flood risk to the Nissen and City Park channels.

The resolutions add $6 million of Broomfield’s funds to the two projects. Funds for both the Nissen channel and City Park channel projects are gathered from the Mile High Flood District and from Broomfield.

The Mile High Flood District stretches throughout the Denver area and into the Boulder area and includes most of Broomfield, according to the district’s service area map. Broomfielders living south of Colo. 7 pa

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