# Thornton City Council Update Session - October 27, 2026

Thornton City Council update session on October 27, 2026, included a transportation department update and discussion of potential marijuana-licensing code amendments. Transportation projects included multimodal improvements on 124th Avenue, turn lanes at 128th Avenue and Riverdale, regional highway work, and pavement rehabilitation. The 124th Avenue project is described as 90% funded through DRCOG TIP funds and 10% through a local match; a second phase is estimated at $6.3 million. A separate project’s estimated total is about $37 million, including roughly $4 million in federal funding, a $25 million RAISE grant, and a $7.4 million match. The 2026 pavement program has a budget of about $7.6 million, and a similar 2027 amount was expected to come before Council as part of the budget. The city plans to use Cutler and Asfeld Specialty under five-year contracts renewed annually at updated rates. No contract award or spending vote was recorded in this transcript.

Council members supported exploring increased pavement treatment through lower-cost methods and discussed advocating for additional safety improvements in coordination with CDOT. On marijuana licensing, staff presented proposed administrative simplifications, including removing a redundant city background check where state checks apply and changing how certain applications are administratively reviewed; members generally favored those approaches, while details about neighborhood meetings and location changes remained under discussion. The transcript does not record formal votes on these proposals. Budget items for the city and related authorities were noted on the agenda, but their consideration is not captured here.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 27, 2026

### Sources
- [Thornton City Council Update Session - October 27, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OjcD2uSmr0) - Thornton Video Network