Albuquerque’s plan for a rapid transit corridor on Central Avenue from Tramway to Unser will be a topic of debate this week at the University of New Mexico Law School.
The public is invited to the “Bus Rapid Transit Debate” on Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m. in Room 2401 at the School of Law at 1117 Stanford NE.
A rendering shows what a rapid transit station would look like at 15th Street and Central west of Downtown.D’Val Westphal of the Albuquerque Journal will moderate the discussion between rapid transit supporter Paul Silverman, CEO at commerical development company Geltmore LLC, and rapid transit skeptic Paul Gessing of the Rio Grande Foundation.
The city is seeking $80 million in federal funding and plans on spending around $20 million of its own funds to build a new Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus system that would operate in the middle of Central Avenue. Construction could start as early as February.
ART PROJECT TIMELINE
Nov. 2014
Conceptual build
March 2015
Project development
May 2015
Sell ABQ GRT Bonds
Aug. 2015
Submit Small Starts grant application
Feb. 2016
Design complete and early construction begins
May 2016
Construction begins
Sept. 2017
Service starts
By: Mike English (Albuquerque Business First)
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