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Consultants present Army Corps‑based cost estimate; levee study urges federal partners and local coordination
Summary
Consultants told trustees that updating the Army Corps' 2009 levee reevaluation produced present‑day construction-cost estimates showing continued need for rehabilitation and potential for federal cost‑share (roughly 65% federal/35% local); trustees pressed about FEMA maps, local flooding, and who would shoulder sponsorship and long‑term maintenance.
A village consultant told the Board of Trustees that a recent review of Army Corps materials and a local condition assessment indicate the Albuquerque East levee is not improving on its own and that a rehabilitation project should move forward.
The consultant said staff used the Corps' 2009 reevaluation as the baseline and updated those line items to present‑day values rather than recreating the Corps' detailed estimates, adding contingencies for design, land/takings and environmental…
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