Watershed improvement plan raises concerns about arroyo landscape in Northeast Heights [Video]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The county is planning a big water quality project in the Northeast Heights, but some neighbors are pushing back against it worried about what the work could do to the area’s natural landscape.

Near Tramway and Paseo Del Norte, Bernalillo County wants to upgrade how water moves through the Upper La Cueva Watershed. The project, located in the Primerose Pointe neighborhood, would bring two new detention ponds to help minimize pollution in the Rio Grande.

“This project once constructed will reduce the sediment transport which will help with sediment that does build up on the roadways after storm events,” stated BernCo Technical Services Director Brian Lopez.    

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Plans call for the ponds to range between 5 to 12 feet deep, between Lowell and Opal Jewell Streets. The county said the ponds should also help catch floating debris that would …