The 2022 City Council Redistricting Committee will hold its final meeting on Wednesday, June 29. This is the public’s final opportunity to participate. The Redistricting Committee has been working since early March and is asking Albuquerque community members to engage in this important process. All information on the Redistricting Committee is on their webpage and contains all past meeting information, including videos of the meetings, presentation materials, concept maps that have been presented thus far, and the ability for community members to submit written public comments that can include map suggestions and information about their communities of interest. For more information on the Committee for upcoming details for future meetings, visit: www.cabq.gov/2022redistricting.
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUING ON WESTSIDE BLVD WIDENING PROJECT; CREWS TO CLOSE 7 BAR LOOP AT WESTSIDE FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS BEGINNING TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2022
Update as of Monday, June 6, 2022
Beginning Tuesday, June 7, 2022 and lasting for about three (3) weeks, through June 28, 2022, crews will close 7 Bar Loop from just south of Westside Blvd to Leno Rd to install new ramps, valley gutters and a new manhole. During this closure, residents will be able to use La Sierrita Rd as a detour (see map below).
The sidewalk on the south side of Westside is CLOSED from Golf Course Rd to La Sierrita Rd through at least early July. Local residents can use 7 Bar Loop to La Sierrita as a detour.
Westbound traffic on Westside Blvd is reduced to one lane between NM 528 and Golf Course Rd.
Eastbound traffic on Westside Blvd is reduced to one lane between Golf Course Rd and NM 528
Eastbound traffic on Westside Blvd has only one dedicated left-turn lane and one combination thru/right-turn lane at NM 528
Traffic on La Sierrita Rd and 7 Bar Loop Rd is able to turn right and head eastbound on Westside Blvd, but is NOT able to turn left and head westbound on Westside Blvd. Motorists can access westbound Westside Blvd by taking 7-Bar Loop Rd south to Driftwood Ave, heading west on Driftwood Ave, then north on Golf Course Rd. Westbound motorists on Westside Blvd can access La Sierrita or 7 Bar Loop Rd via Golf Course Rd south to Driftwood Ave, then east on Driftwood Ave to 7 Bar Loop Rd.
New Mexico Environment Department sent this bulletin at 06/01/2022 12:57 PM MDT
Environmental Improvement Board and Albuquerque Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board adopt the Clean Car Rule
Following a two-day hybrid in-person and virtual hearing and four public comment sessions, the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) approved the adoption of New Motor Vehicle Emission Standards as Part 91, Chapter 2, Title 20 of the New Mexico Administrative Code (NMAC), the Clean Car Rule, on May 5th, 2022. The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board (AQCB) followed suit and adopted the nearly identical Clean Car Rule specific to the AQCB’s jurisdiction, NMAC 20.11.104 New Motor Vehicle Emission Standards. After publication in the New Mexico Register, the rule will take effect July 1, 2022.
The Clean Car Rule sets low-emission and zero-emission standards for new cars and trucks offered for sale in New Mexico, improving the air we breathe, giving consumers more choices, saving New Mexicans money, and protecting our environment. In addition to providing links to the newly adopted Clean Car Rule, the Road to Clean Cars New Mexico webpage describes the key milestones and documents that led to the rule’s adoption with recordings of the virtual public meetings.
Pollution from transportation accounts for a large portion of New Mexico’s greenhouse gas emissions and contributes to the state’s growing ozone problem. Seven New Mexico counties are nearing problematic ground-level ozone levels, which cause respiratory illnesses and heart attacks, and disproportionately affect the state’s most vulnerable populations. New vehicle standards can significantly improve air quality, including ground-level ozone levels, especially along heavily traveled urban corridors where traditionally disadvantaged populations disproportionately live and work.
The Clean Car Rule reduces emissions from the transportation sector by making about 3,800 additional zero-tailpipe emission passenger cars – like fully electric vehicles – available in dealer showrooms in New Mexico each year. The Clean Car Rule is projected to eliminate about 130,000 tons of greenhouse gases and over 1,700 tons of harmful ozone-forming air pollution in New Mexico by 2050.
For additional information on the Clean Car Rule, contact Claudia Borchert at NMED at 505-699-8489 or claudia.borchert@state.nm.us.
Any floor amendments that are adopted by the City Council would change the Redline Draft that includes conditions of approval recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission in December 2021 and may change the amendments passed by the Council on May 2, 2022 or the Council’s Land Use, Planning, and Zoning (LUPZ) committee on March 30th and April 13th. See the Redline Draft below.
CONSTRUCTION RESUMES ON WESTSIDE BLVD WIDENING PROJECT; SIDEWALK ON SOUTH SIDE IN CONSTRUCTION ZONE CLOSED WITH DETOUR PROVIDED Update as of Friday, June 3, 2022
As of Tuesday, May 31, 2022, construction resumed on the Westside Blvd Widening Project, with crews expected to complete construction by late summer 2022.
The following traffic impacts are in place:
The sidewalk on the south side of Westside is CLOSED from Golf Course Rd to La Sierrita Rd through at least early July. Local residents can use 7 Bar Loop to La Sierrita as a detour.
Westbound traffic on Westside Blvd is reduced to one lane between NM 528 and Golf Course Rd.
Eastbound traffic on Westside Blvd is reduced to one lane between Golf Course Rd and NM 528
Eastbound traffic on Westside Blvd has only one dedicated left-turn lane and one combination thru/right-turn lane at NM 528
Traffic on La Sierrita Rd and 7 Bar Loop Rd is able to turn right and head eastbound on Westside Blvd, but is NOT able to turn left and head westbound on Westside Blvd. Motorists can access westbound Westside Blvd by taking 7-Bar Loop Rd south to Driftwood Ave, heading west on Driftwood Ave, then north on Golf Course Rd. Westbound motorists on Westside Blvd can access La Sierrita or 7 Bar Loop Rd via Golf Course Rd south to Driftwood Ave, then east on Driftwood Ave to 7 Bar Loop Rd.
