A 7-TO-2 VOTE BY THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL LAST (MON) NIGHT APPROVES NEARLY 70 MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT ON CENTRAL. NOW CONGRESS HAS TO APPROVE THE MONEY FOR A-R-T. PROTESTERS PACKED MONDAY NIGHT’S MEETING, MANY WHO WANT CHANGES MADE TO THE PROJECT.
BUT COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS SAYS HE DOESN’T EXPECT A-R-T TO LOOK ANY DIFFERENT THAN IT DOES NOW. HE TELLS US THE CENTER LANE FOR BUS TRAFFIC WILL STAY. BUT HE SAYS CONCERNS ABOUT CERTAIN CURB STOPS AND WHAT HAPPENS IN FRONT OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES COULD BE ADDRESSED.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN LATE SPRING.
