Albuquerque battles flooding leading up to monsoon season Share Updated: 8:15 PM MDT Jun 1, 2021 Share Updated: 8:15 PM MDT Jun 1, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript KALYN: ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANGEL SALCEDO SPOKE WITH OFFICIALS ABOUT HOW OUR CITY’S INFRASTRUCTURE IS DEALING WITH THE RAIN. ANGEL: OUR STREETS ARE MAJOR AGE RANGE SYSTEM, AND WHEN THEY PLAN ON BUILDING ON TWO. >> IT IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWO.RD WE IT IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWO.RD WANT THE MOISTURE, WE NEED THE RAIN, RIGHT? BUT THEN IT ALL COMES AT ONE TIME AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU ARE NOT ABLTOE DRIVE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES BECAUSE OF ALL THE WATER. ANGELA: JOHNNY MILLER WORKS FOR THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. >> WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHEN UYO GET THAT MUCH RAIN THAT QUICKLY, I DON’T KNOW OF YAN MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP UP. LGEAN: HE SAYS OUR CITY’S TO DEAL WITH THE FLOODING CAN BE HAMPERED BY TRH.AS >> IT PREVENTS THE WATER FROM GOING INTO THE STORM DRAIN, AND THAT WATER BACKS UP ONTO THE ROADWAY MORE THAN IT WOULD TYPICALLY. ANGEL: IT IS ACTUALLY THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT IS I CNHARGE OF KEEPING THOSE ROADS CLEAN. >> WE KEEP THOSE THINGS FLOWING SO IF WATER COMES THROUGH, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY BACPSKU TO OUR INLETS. >> WE NEED THAT WATER IN THE STORM DRAIN. IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET TO THE RIVER AND WILL MEAN LESS BAUPCK IN THE STRE.ET ANGEL: THE CITY IS BUILDING A PUMP STATION TO HELP WITH DRAIN AGE AS WE COME UP ON MONSOON SEASON.