Albuquerque's Department of Municipal Development is dedicated to building our public facilities better and faster than ever before - from streets to drainage channels to the new Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum.

Mayor Martin J. Chávez created the Department in June 2003 to lead the way in completing these important projects on schedule and on budget for all City residents.

The Department brings together the individuals needed to plan, manage, and build these projects, providing us with the opportunity to achieve our goal: building Albuquerque...better, faster!

Who We Are, What We Do

Engineering 

Transportation Section

Conducts studies, designs, and implements the construction of streets, intersections, bike lanes, multi-purpose trails, and sidewalks to create a safe, efficient transportation system.

Read the 'New Vision for Lead & Coal Avenues: A Quality of Life Document'.

Read information on the Wyoming Boulevard Widening Project.

Read the Street Maintenance and Rehabilitation in the Twenty First Century Presentation that was presented to the District 8 Coalition Meeting.

Storm/Drainage Design Section

We design and build storm drains, drainage channels, bridges, and ponding areas to control flooding and prevent pollution of storm water. More >> 

The Capital Implementation Program

The Capital Implementation Program implements the City's adopted goals and objectives through the capital planning process involving the preparation of the biennial ten-year capital program. CIP is responsible for median and interstate landscaping, and tracks state legislative capital outlay process. Seeks to enhance the physical and cultural development of the city by implementing the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Comprehensive Plan and other adopted plans and policies. Also assists other City Departments with a variety of construction projects. Albuquerque's Public Art Program is overseen by CIP.   More >>

Park Design and Construction

We manage the design, construction and inspection of New Neighborhood and Community Parks and assists other departments with the renovation of existing parks and play facilities, providing the public with places to play.

Parking Management

We Provide and manage parking facilities for the City of Albuquerque. We also provide and manage parking enforcement activities for businesses, government agencies, and the public. More >>

Construction Services

We are responsible for controlling all uses within the public right-of-way (ROW) by issuing barricade and excavation permits, inspecting all barricaded sites, approving all special events, as well as construction inspection of many major City capital improvement contruction projects. We also oversee the City's Survey section, the Maps and Records section, and the Soils Testing Laboratory. More >>

Street/Storm Maintenance

We are responsible for providing safe and well-maintained travel corridors for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and for maintaining metropolitan storm drainage systems to ensure the safe transport and disposal of storm water runoff. More >>

Traffic Engineering

We are responsible installing and maintaining traffic signals, street lights, flashing beacons, signs, markings, and the permit parking program. More >>

Facilities and Energy Management

We provide management, facilities maintenance consulting, and complete maintenance services such as HVAC, Electrical and Plumbing for over 130 City-owned facilities. These facilites include fire stations, police stations, senior centers, transit facilities, public works facilities, and Albuquerque's minor league baseball stadium. More >>

Security Services

We provide uniformed security services at City-owned facilities in an effort to establish a safe and friendly environment for both visitors and employees.

Fiscal

We tracks finance for all City capital projects and makes sure that the Department stays within its budget.

Contract Services

We are responsible for the legal oversight of contract preparation, negotiation, bid, award and performance of construction contracting throughout the City. The Division also provides advice on a variety of legal issues to the other Divisions in the Department.