Engineer Ron Alexander, left, and Ridgway Town Administrator Preston Neill, right, listen as Ridgway Town Public Works employee Randy Barnes describes how the flood event in August 2024 rearranged Beaver Creek and destroyed the town’s water diversion structure. The town is working to make repairs quickly and get as far as it can before winter comes in the high country, forcing construction to pause on the $2.4 million Beaver Creek Diversion Restoration Project. Photo by Erin McIntyre | Ouray County Plaindealer
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A race against time, Mother Nature
More than a year after catastrophic flooding, Ridgway pushes to finish water diversion project
Randy Barnes knew that morning he needed to check on Beaver Creek and the ditch bringing water down from the mountains above Elk Meadows to supply the town of Ridgway.
