Amarillo city leaders received a broad update this week on the status of dozens of construction and infrastructure projects spanning parks, public safety facilities, and utilities.

During Tuesday’s Amarillo City Council meeting, Jerry Danforth, managing director of capital projects and development, outlined both recently completed work and projects still underway or in planning.

Among the completed efforts are exterior renovations to the historic Bivins Building at 1000 S. Polk St., addressing deterioration caused by age and weather exposure. Improvements were also finished at the Comanche Trails Golf Complex, including construction of a new pump house and sewer line repairs.

Several parks and recreation upgrades have wrapped up as well. The Rick Klein Sports Complex now features a newly developed parking lot with updated curbing and asphalt, while John Stiff Memorial Park saw the addition of new asphalt parking areas and a roadway east of the softball field, providing a new access point onto Bell Street.

Major facility upgrades were completed at the Amarillo Civic Center, including replacement of outdated boiler equipment, soffits, lighting, the Coliseum ice floor, and the ice plant motor. Other finished projects include new bus stops in the North Heights neighborhood, installation of asphalt emulsion tanks for street maintenance, repairs at the River Road Wastewater Treatment Plant, and renovations across several city buildings, including the Police Department and Municipal Court.

Danforth also highlighted a long list of projects still in progress or in the design phase. These include improvements to the Animal Management and Welfare Facility, construction of a pedestrian bridge over Sixth Avenue connecting to the new Transit Multimodal Terminal, and major upgrades at the Central Library and Civic Center.

Public safety and operations projects are also moving forward, including construction of Fire Station 14, renovations to the Fire Marshal’s Office, and updates to the city’s Emergency Operations Center. Plans also call for demolishing the old City Hall and remodeling the solid waste transfer station.

In addition to city-led projects, Amarillo has seen significant growth through development engineering. Danforth said 28 projects accepted in the 2024–2025 fiscal year added miles of new infrastructure, including streets, water mains, and sewer lines.

“At the current year, with the approved CIPS that you have from 25/26, we’re 80% either in design or completed; in 24/25, we’re 85% completed or in process. So, we’re in a good spot as far as going forward,” Danforth said.

City officials also addressed a common concern from residents about overlapping road construction. Councilmember Place Four Les Simpson raised the issue during the meeting.

“Why can’t you get one street project complete before you start with another one?” Simpson asked.

Danforth explained that Amarillo’s paving season is limited.

“There are only six calendar months that workers can lay asphalt,” he said, noting that multiple projects must run simultaneously to complete planned work within that timeframe.

The city currently has six construction projects under review, 36 underway, and 10 in the warranty phase, reflecting what officials describe as a steady pace of infrastructure investment.