ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A pump station in Downtown Albuquerque is going by a new name. It’s the same pump station that failed to stop severe flooding in the area after a settings glitch in June . Now, it’s been named after the former city councilor who helped to create it.
Tucked away on the cross street of Broadway Boulevard and Marble Avenue in Downtown Albuquerque is the Marble Arno Pump Station, or at least, it used to be called that. Since Friday, it’s been named after former City Councilor Isaac Benton.
“I wasn’t sure who Isaac Benton was, I was just kind of like, ‘Okay, yeah,’” mentioned Andrew Pineda, store manager of Happy Dispensary which sits right across from the pump station.
“Former City Councilor Ike Benton served for 18 years as city councilor , is a huge champion for planning, for Downtown, for making our city better, and he was someone who really pushed for this project—the pump station to make sure that Downtown was more flood resilient,” explained Staci Drangmeister, director of communications for the City of Albuquerque.