YET ANOTHER NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE BATTLE OVER ALBUQUERQUE’S CONTROVERSIAL BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT. A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS ISSUED A TEMPORARY ORDER, BARRING THE CITY FROM STARTING WORK ON THE PROJECT…WHICH WAS SET TO BEGIN THIS WEEK. THE ORDER COMES JUST DAYS AFTER A FEDERAL JUDGE HAD GIVEN THE PROJECT THE GREEN LIGHT BY REFUSING TO ISSUE A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS IT WANTS TO HEAR FROM THE CITY AND THOSE OPPOSED TO THE PLAN AT A HEARING SET FOR 4PM TUESDAY. THE CITY HAD HOPED TO BEGIN WORK OFFICIALLY THIS WEEK. A CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION OF “ART” WAS SIGNED MONDAY MORNING.
