Bernalillo County commissioners unanimously approved $7.1 million for safety improvements on Coors Boulevard in Albuquerque, according to a report by KOB.
The funds will go toward safety improvements, including lowering speed limits, reducing lane widths, constructing protected bike lanes and sidewalks, raised medians, and new lighting. Other improvements planned include crosswalks between Blake and Gun Club roads, the station said.
“These changes are desperately needed and will be lifesaving," Bernalillo County Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada told the station. "The approval of the funding means we’re one step closer to getting these efforts underway."
The county received a $6.3 million federal grant to reduce or eliminate pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries on that two-mile stretch of Coors in the South Valley. Overall, the safety improvements come with a price tag of $8 million with $800,000 contributed each by Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque. Additional “in-kind improvements” toward the project will be provided by the New Mexico Department of Transportation.
