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CO Mental Health Institute at Pueblo — Campus Utility Infrastructure

Water/sewer, fire hydrants, roadway & parking renewal (multi-phase). Pueblo County. Timeline multi-phase → FY 2029.

Money in FACT
Est. total cost
≈ $34.7M
Result so far
Underway. What this stage means

Underway. The main work on this project started. Money goes out as the work goes on.

The stages, in order

  1. Requested An agency asked. No money yet.
  2. Funded Money approved. Work still to start.
  3. Underway Work started. Money goes out. This project
  4. Complete Work complete.

Halted Work stopped before the end.

This stage is our reading of the sources at the foot of this page, last read 24 September 2026.

Timeline multi-phase → FY 2029

Still open PENDING
Spend to date

Colorado does not publish what it has spent on this project.

FACT B Honesty Framework The label says how we know the figure. The grade rates the source record, not the project. The grade rates the source record, not the project.

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Phase 2 funded: $4,144,206 enacted in HB26-1410 Section 3 for FY 2026-27; multi-phase program ≈ $34.7M. Context: CMHIP's operating budget is $160.0M/yr with 1,063 staff, and the state pays $12.8M/yr in consent-decree fines tied to competency-service delays at this system.

Open questions for the state (1)
ANALYSIS
  • What is the full multi-phase cost and completion timeline?

Total cost and spending
Total project cost≈ $34.7M

Total cost & funding are drawn from the official record(s) listed below.

Spend-to-date: not published. Colorado does not publish what it has spent on this project, so this field is left blank rather than estimated. TOPS, the state’s spending ledger, has no project field, so it cannot show what was spent on one project.

Milestones (2)
  • Construction underway — current
  • Remaining phases — through FY 2028-29

Who is being paid
FACT
Funding sourceCapital Construction Fund (multi-phase capital budget).
No contractor publicly named — CDHS budget documents cite estimates from local contractors and engineers; procurement runs through state solicitation. Contract records pending CMS ingestion.

Sources and receipts (2)

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CO Mental Health Institute at Pueblo — Campus Utility Infrastructure

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