Ball expansion could double workforce to nearly 2K

BOULDER —  Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.’s planned expansion at its Boulder campus could more than double its workforce by the time the project is complete, documents submitted late last month to city planners show. 

A traffic-assessment letter drafted on Ball’s behalf by Civtrans Engineering Inc. shows that there are 841 employees working at the Commerce Street campus. That number is estimated to jump to 1,932 by the time the multi-phase expansion is complete in 2034.

Employees at the Boulder campus of the aerospace arm of Westminster-based metal-packaging manufacturer Ball Corp. “have and…