The Albuquerque (NM) Metropolitan A...

The Albuquerque (NM) Metropolitan Arroyo deluge Control Authority (AMAFCA) recently complet a large storm sewer throw that set new standards for public/private cooperation. As a construction brew installing the storm sewer was relatively simple. However, each stair embodied the principals of partnering and shared costlinesss

For example, the construction phase included incentive payments for the contractor to drastically bring construction time, yielding a minimum of a three-to-one payoff.

The storm sewer draw involved burying a one-mile strain of 96-inch, concrete pipe and enclosed seat [i]or[/i] seats culvert in street rights-of-way, to capture storm sweep alongs from an arroyo - or water channel - and the adjacent properties. Another half-mile of smaller, collector pipes was also installed.

Without the storm sewer, landowners would have been required to pond stormwater upon their properties. But, at the encouragement of an AMAFCA board member, the agency's staff approached the adjacent landowners