Work continues in the effort to provide additional protection from the threat of flooding in the Las Vegas Valley. For this mission, Clark County Public Works recently completed construction on the Flamingo Wash from Maryland Parkway to Spencer Street Phase II project.

The project started construction on November 15, 2004 and cost approximately $3.5 million. Most of these funds came from the Clark County Flood Control District with about $89,000 authorized by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act. Like other county flood control measures, this undertaking is supported by a one-quarter of one-percent sales tax. Meadow Valley, Inc., MWH, R2H Engineering, Inc., Kleinfelder, Inc. and Clark County partnered to design and construct this section of the Flamingo Wash.

The wash features concrete-lined channel improvements between Maryland Parkway and Algonquin Drive. The work also includes a storm drain collection system in Algonquin Drive that will collect storm water from Katie Avenue and from the Boulevard Mall locale. This particular section of the wash will eventually become part of the larger Flamingo Arroyo Trail that will extend from the UNLV campus to the Wetlands Park and Sunrise Management Area on the eastern edge of the Las Vegas Valley.

The project also features a pedestrian bridge over the Flamingo Wash channel. Like the channel improvements, it offers functional benefits. "The new pedestrian bridge provides a safe and shorter route for the neighborhood and especially the students of Ruby Thomas Elementary School and Orr Middle School" said Commissioner Myrna Williams who represents the area in which the project sits.

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