NM-4 Water Transmission Line Replacement/Fiber Conduit Installation
- Project value$6,000,000 (NM special appropriations $400k, Water Trust Board $5M)
- Project scheduleFebruary 12, 2025, through January 2026
- Contractor nameWagner Construction, Inc.
A planned NMDOT reconstruction of NM-4 between NM-502 and Rover Boulevard in White Rock prompts the need for a new 16" water transmission line. It will be constructed and placed outside of the planned expanded roadway. The existing transmission line has experienced multiple breaks and would be below the planned paving. The road reconstruction is scheduled for 2027.
Construction of the new water transmission line will begin in February by contractor Wagner Construction, Inc. Approximately 3.5 miles of ductile iron water transmission pipeline, wrapped in polyethylene, will be installed. The pipe diameter is primarily 16", reducing to 12" as necessary. This pipeline replaces a deteriorating concrete cylinder water transmission pipeline.
Additionally, DPU is partnering with San Ildefonso Pueblo to install their fiber optic conduit within the same trench in anticipation of their future plans to install fiber to the Pueblo. Therefore, two 1.25" HDPE conduits will be incorporated within the waterline trench.
Two work zones will be set up. Work will begin at Rover Boulevard and move along NM-4 toward NM-502 as the project progresses. While the lanes will remain open for each direction of traffic along most of the NM-4 stretch, there may be a one-lane closure with flaggers within White Rock.
Location
NM State Rd 4, White Rock, NM 87547 View Map
35.84921181108441, -106.21863154547627
NM State Rd 4 ,
White Rock, NM 87547
NM State Rd 4 ,
White Rock, NM 87547
NM-4 Water Transmission Line Replacement/Fiber Conduit Installation