Residents in Bernalillo County’s South Valley will get their chance Wednesday evening to learn about a $10 million infrastructure project designed to end the chronic flooding that has left neighbors feeling “trapped in their houses” during heavy rains.
Bernalillo County will host a public meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Westside Community Center, 1250 Isleta Blvd. SW, to discuss the Barcelona Road Storm Drain Project. The project targets an area where county officials said rainwater often gathers on roadsides and in yards during storms, causing cars to stall out and creating standing water that attracts mosquitoes.
The meeting will focus on phase 2B of the project, which covers improvements from Barcelona Circle west to the Isleta Drain, including nearby Barcelona Circle, Vega Verde Street and Yuma Road, according to a county press release…