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Where is the money going? See the 3 projects in Bernalillo County getting the most capital outlay funding
The exterior of the UNM Cancer Center.
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State legislators have committed $289 million to 468 new capital outlay projects in Bernalillo County.
Forty-two capital outlay projects in the county also got reauthorized.
Most of the new projects are in Albuquerque, but there are also projects in Los Ranchos, Tijeras, To’hajiilee and the Chilili Land Grant. More new projects and more money are being committed to Bernalillo County than any other county in the state.
The three getting the most capital money are:
- Rio Bravo Boulevard improvements, coming in at $107 million and funded through severance tax bonds. The state Department of Transportation project will widen Rio Bravo from four lanes to six lanes from Isleta to Second, according to Bernalillo County Deputy Manager Elias Archuleta. The project will also reconstruct the bridges over the Rio Grande.
- Improvements for Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, costing $15.6 million from the state general fund. The funding could be used for upgrades to water, sewer and electrical and restrooms. There is also $100,000 for Balloon Fiesta Park baseball field improvements and $50,000 for baseball cages.
- $15 million from the general fund to renovate the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Cancer Center.
There are 33 new projects with more than $1 million in capital outlay funds located in Bernalillo County.
The governor vetoed one $200,000 capital outlay project in Bernalillo County — improvements for Netherwood Park and central Albuquerque parks — before signing the capital outlay bill.
