Pictured is a rendering of the replacement Municipal Courthouse.

Three monumental City projects will take shape in Westminster next year, improving how we live, play, and work. Read more about each project below and visit the project websites to sign up for email updates about construction progress, outreach opportunities, and traffic and trail detours.  

Municipal Courthouse Replacement Project

After decades of resourcefulness operating the current courthouse, which was originally used as City Hall and a police station, it is time to replace the facility with a new purpose-built courthouse. The new facility, located on the same campus as the current Westminster Municipal Courthouse at 3030 Turnpike Drive, will be safe, secure, and accessible for all. It was designed with the help of a community advisory team comprised of neighbors, community organizations, and Historic Westminster businesses. The project also includes enhancing the courthouse campus with a new playground, park space, and public seating areas.  

The current courthouse will continue to be used until the new facility is built, and then the old courthouse will be deconstructed before the new parking lot and site improvements are completed. Construction on the project is expected to begin in late spring 2025 with an anticipated opening date in 2026. The full campus is expected to be completed by 2027. 

Westminster Boulevard Drinking Water Project

Westminster is building a new drinking water facility to support safe, clean, and reliable drinking water in our community for generations to come. The new facility will be located near 98th Avenue and Westminster Boulevard and will require two partner projects for its success. One is a water supply line project to bring water in from Standley Lake to the new facility for treatment. The second project is a finished water line which will add new, clean water from the facility into our distribution system. The new facility will also support the future phase-out of the current Semper Water Treatment Facility as it nears the end of its operational life.  

You can meet the project team at an open house in spring 2025 and learn what to expect during construction. All three partner projects are expected to kick off in 2025, with the entire project expected to be operational in 2028.

Big Dry Creek Streambank Restoration Project

The City is also investing in one of Westminster’s major waterways and the environment around it in the heart of City Park. This large-scale project includes planting more than 400 native species trees, restoring Big Dry Creek’s flood resilience, installing a pollinator flyway corridor in coordination with the Butterfly Pavilion, as well as an outdoor classroom, and a wetland boardwalk.  

Construction started on this project in 2024 with the addition of two new water quality ponds along the northern side of City Park, and the transformation of City Park Pond into a reclaimed water pond to help improve irrigation water supply sustainability.  

With the partnership of Mile High Flood District and a grant from the Colorado Water Conservation board, work has already started to stabilize erosion along the streambanks, which will continue through winter. Please be mindful of pedestrian detours on Big Dry Creek Trail during construction. Trail detours will continue through summer 2025, and the project is expected to be completed in summer 2026.