A Kiewit spokesperson said an error is believed to have caused the pumps not to turn on automatically. Once a superintendent noticed the flooding near I-70 and York Street, they turned the pumps on manually, which started draining the water.
DENVER — The contractor for the Central 70 Project said Monday it appears the drainage pumps on I-70 did not turn on automatically and had to be manually engaged as several vehicles got stuck in floodwaters on the interstate in Denver Sunday evening.
"Until the final investigation is completed and results are available within the month, we have put processes in place to ensure the pumps will turn on properly for future weather events to avoid issues like this in the future," Sanman said."The team is also investigating all areas along the corridor to ensure they are functioning properly."
“The Central 70 Project is going to conduct a thorough investigation to determine what exactly caused the flooding this evening,” Sellers said in a statement. “Fortunately, as an active construction project, if there are any system failures we are able to go in and remediate any issues that occurred during this event. However, without conducting the investigation, we do not know if there was a system failure.
Video: Denver firefighter rescues 2 children from flooding “We’re going to see exactly what happened and try to remediate that as quickly as possible, so in the event of a future rainstorm – especially the heavy rainfall that we saw yesterday – this doesn’t happen again,” Sellers said. — ALERT Flood Detection August 7, 2022 A 2015 report published in Flood Hazard News explained that at least one rainfall event every year in the Denver-Boulder area exceeds the “100-year storm” threshold. The ALERT Flood Detection system predicted a maximum of 2.6 inches of precipitation in one hour for Sunday’s “high threat” forecast.
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