AFTER MONDAY NIGHT, WE’LL KNOW WHERE THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL STANDS ON ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT. COUNCILORS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO ACCEPT 70-MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL MONEY FOR THE PROJECT. AND THEY’RE EXPECTED TO APPROVE THE FUNDING AS THE PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR FIVE YEARS.
D’VAL WESTPHAL WHO WRITES ABOUT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL SAYS “ART” IS LOVED BY SOME AND HATED BY OTHERS…AS HAS BEEN SHOWN IN RECENT PUBLIC MEETINGS. WESTPHAL SAYS ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT RANKS RIGHT UP THERE WITH RED LIGHT CAMERAS AMONG THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN RECENT MEMORY.
