As you probably read elsewhere, Crimestoppers is offering (thanks in large part to an anonymous business donation) $5,500 to anyone with information on the driver who struck and critically injured a cyclist on Yale Blvd. north of Gibson Blvd. Monday. We mention it here at Better Burque as well because: We’re mad as hell about… Read More $5,500 Offered to Help Apprehend Hit-and-Run Driver Who Struck Cyclist
The July 2018 monthly traffic fatality report is out from the Traffic Research Unit, and Bernalillo County roadway deaths have truly spiked in the past two months. Overall, statewide roadway fatalities in July totaled 38, bringing the 2018 total to 210, precisely what they were last year at this juncture. Relatively speaking, those are the, unfortunately,… Read More BernCo’s Remarkable Summer of Roadway Death Rolls On
Earlier today we mentioned tonight’s City Council meeting would include discussion/vote on changes in how urban planner Jeff Speck’s “Downtown Walkability Analysis” for Burque would be implemented by the City and Council. That resolution, sponsored by Councilor Isaac Benton just passed unanimously. Prior to the final vote, a new amendment was introduced on the Council… Read More City Council Update: Downtown Walkability Resolution Passes
by Scot August is here, the vacation is over for most, and it’s time for Monday Night City Council. Are you ready for some legislatin’? Tonight’s session features two transportation-related items. First, on the agenda anyway, is Councilor Isaac Benton’s proposed revision to how the City implements the finding of Jeff Speck’s “Downtown Walkability Analysis,”… Read More Transit and Transportation Night at CABQ City Council
Old-timer Burqueans, particularly those in Barelas who had to smell it all the time, recall that the City’s sewage treatment plant used to be on 2nd Street between what is now Bueno Foods on the north, Riverside Trail (aka: Bosque Path) on the west, some industrial businesses to the south, and 2nd St. to the… Read More Burque History: Why South Valley Has One (Had Two) Sewage Treatment Plants
The project to improve 2nd Street S.W. from Rio Bravo Blvd. south to Valle del Oro National Wildlife Refuge is ongoing, and here’s a photo or two taken this morning of how the work is currently unfolding.
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