Reference drawings, engineering details, and technical guidance related to transportation infrastructure and street design.
City Public Works Construction Standards#
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Current City Development Review and Construction Standards Directory
Provides the City’s maintained source directory for public-works specifications, standard drawings, technical guidance, and related construction requirements. Check this directory for revisions newer than the preserved editions below.
Standard Specifications#
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Section 000: General Conditions (archived PDF)
Establishes the contractual definitions, responsibilities, administration, changes, payments, acceptance, warranties, and other general conditions governing City public-works construction contracts and projects.
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Section 100: Materials (archived PDF)
Defines material requirements and testing standards used across City public-works construction, including aggregate, concrete, asphalt, pipe, metals, signs, pavement markings, and related products.
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Section 200: Earthwork (archived PDF)
Covers clearing, excavation, embankment, subgrade preparation, compaction, and related earthwork construction requirements within public rights-of-way, easements, and municipal open areas.
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Section 300: Streets and Related Work (archived PDF)
Specifies construction requirements for streets, alleys, pavement, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, drivepads, concrete work, and other roadway-related public improvements in Albuquerque.
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Section 400: Traffic Control (archived PDF)
Sets construction specifications for traffic-control infrastructure, including signs, supports, barriers, pavement markings, signals, conduit, electrical components, and related roadway installations.
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Section 500: Structures (archived PDF)
Provides construction requirements for concrete, steel, timber, masonry, piling, retaining structures, and other structural work used in City public infrastructure.
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Section 600: Open Channels, Dikes, and Dams (archived PDF)
Defines construction requirements for storm-drainage channels, dikes, dams, concrete linings, erosion protection, fences, gates, and associated municipal drainage facilities and structures.
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Section 700: Trenching (archived PDF)
Covers utility trench excavation, shoring, bedding, backfill, compaction, pavement restoration, testing, and public-access requirements for construction work in City rights-of-way.
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Section 800: Water — January 2018 (archived PDF)
Documents the January 2018 City-posted specifications for linear water facilities, including pipe, valves, fittings, service connections, testing, disinfection, and installation requirements.
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Section 900: Sewer — January 2018 (archived PDF)
Documents the January 2018 City-posted specifications for sanitary and storm-sewer collection facilities, including pipe, manholes, connections, testing, rehabilitation, and construction requirements.
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Section 1000: Landscaping (archived PDF)
Specifies irrigation, planting, soil preparation, mulch, turf, trees, streetscape landscaping, establishment, maintenance, and related horticultural work for City public projects.
Standard Drawings#
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Section 2200: Drainage — May 2020 (archived PDF)
Compiles May 2020 standard details for storm inlets, manholes, channels, culverts, gates, erosion protection, drainage easements, and other municipal drainage infrastructure.
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Section 2400: Paving — March 2020 (archived PDF)
Compiles March 2020 roadway details for street sections, intersections, alleys, speed humps, curbs, sidewalks, ADA curb ramps, pavement joints, utility cuts, and bus bays.
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Section 2500: Traffic — March 2020 (archived PDF)
Compiles March 2020 traffic and street details for intersections, cul-de-sacs, bicycle gateways, bus shelters, traffic signals, school beacons, cabinets, detectors, and foundations.
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Section 2600: Signing and Striping — March 2020 (archived PDF)
Combines Albuquerque’s March 2020 signing and striping manual with standard drawings for lanes, intersections, turn bays, crosswalks, bikeways, school zones, signs, and pavement markings.
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Section 2700: Irrigation — 2019 (archived PDF)
Compiles the 2019 irrigation details for backflow prevention, master and isolation valves, flow sensors, sprinklers, bubblers, piping, sleeves, controllers, and related streetscape systems.
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Section 2800: Temporary Traffic Control — January 2003 (archived PDF)
Preserves the January 2003 City-posted drawings for construction traffic control, temporary signing, work-zone layouts, general notes, and MUTCD-based roadway applications.
Supplemental City Guidance#
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Development Process Manual Intersection Design Final-Review Draft (2017 Archived PDF)
Preserves a 2017 draft predecessor to current City intersection standards, addressing signals, stop and yield control, roundabouts, channelized turns, spacing, sight distance, accessibility, pedestrian crossings, bicycle lanes, and development responsibilities.
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Erosion and Sediment Control Plan Standard Notes (2026 Archived PDF)
Sets the City’s 2026 standard erosion and sediment control plan notes for construction BMPs, inspections, stabilization, ownership transfers, off-site support areas, right-of-way work, professional certification, and stormwater controls near major drainage facilities.
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Preserves the pre-2020 City standards for right-of-way landscaping, irrigation, street trees, sight-distance triangles, medians, buffers, and maintenance. Official City PDF · Development Process placement
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City Turn-Bay Standards — 2024 (archived PDF)
Provides the City’s 2024 standard drawings for left- and right-turn-bay geometry, tapers, storage lengths, pavement markings, medians, bicycle-lane interactions, and intersection applications.
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Guidance for Public Street-Light Infrastructure — December 2020 (archived PDF)
Summarizes December 2020 City requirements for public street-light ownership, layout, illumination, conduit, meter pedestals, construction coordination, inspection, and final acceptance.
Bernalillo County Standards#
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Current Bernalillo County Technical Standards Page
Provides the County’s maintained development and public-infrastructure standards, standard drawings, drainage and transportation requirements, and technical references used to review and construct improvements in unincorporated Bernalillo County.
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Complete Bernalillo County Technical Standards — March 28, 2023 (archived PDF)
Contains the County’s 226-page March 2023 requirements for development review, transportation networks, road geometry, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, drainage, pavement design, traffic studies, construction, and green stormwater infrastructure.
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Green Stormwater Infrastructure / Low Impact Development Standards (2023 archived PDF)
Provides Bernalillo County’s design standards for desert-adapted green stormwater infrastructure and low-impact development, covering site planning, soils, vegetation, runoff, treatment practices, calculations, construction, maintenance, standard details, and application within public projects and development review.
Official County PDF · Check the current County standards page
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Establishes Public Works engineering requirements for utility-scale solar, community solar, and battery storage, including site plans, grading and drainage, construction traffic, environmental review, decommissioning, operations, and financial assurance.
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Stormwater Management Guidance for Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar Arrays (March 2025 Archived PDF)
Sets grading and drainage criteria for photovoltaic arrays, addressing slopes, soils, flood and watercourse setbacks, runoff calculations, vegetation, erosion controls, green stormwater infrastructure, maintenance, inspections, and post-construction monitoring.
Regional Planning and Design Guidance#
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MRMPO Long-Range Transportation System Guidelines - 2020 Update (Archived PDF)
Preserves the 2020 regional guidance for land-use context, multimodal networks, roadway design, right-of-way, intersections, traffic calming, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, road diets, and performance measures.
NMDOT Design and Planning Guidance#
Reference guidance for quick-build transportation and multimodal safety projects.
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Introduces quick-build project planning, design, materials, public engagement, installation, and evaluation practices for delivering lower-cost multimodal safety improvements on New Mexico streets.
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NMDOT Complete Streets Strategic Plan (2025 archived PDF)
Sets NMDOT’s statewide framework for routinely planning, designing, funding, constructing, operating, and maintaining transportation facilities that safely serve people walking, bicycling, using transit, driving, and moving freight.
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NMDOT Functional Classification System Guide (2021 archived PDF)
Explains New Mexico roadway functional classifications, why classifications matter, how boundaries are determined, agency responsibilities, review cycles, and procedures for requesting classification changes.
Toronto-Style “Tall Curbs” for Bike Lane Protection#
High-profile concrete curb barriers used for physical separation and protection of bicycle lanes and other multimodal facilities.
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Toronto-Style Tall Curb Engineering Drawings
Provides engineering drawings and dimensional details for the high-profile concrete curb units used to create physical separation between bicycle lanes and motor-vehicle traffic.
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Summarizes the standard tall-curb unit’s geometry and construction specifications for designers, contractors, and reviewers planning protected bicycle-lane separation treatments on Albuquerque projects.
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Documents the geometry and construction requirements for terminal curb units, which provide a defined transition at the beginning or end of a tall-curb installation.
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Tall Curb Full Installation Procedures
Presents the complete field-installation sequence for tall-curb barriers, including layout, pavement preparation, positioning, anchoring, and checks needed for a consistent finished installation.
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Tall Curb Anchor Pin Installation Guidelines
Gives focused field guidance for installing the anchor pins that secure tall-curb units to pavement, supporting consistent placement and durable protected-lane installations.