3-14-2024 1:18pm

Otero County Receives $10 Million in Funding for Roads via Biden Sponsored American Rescue Plan Act

Chris Edwards Editor

Otero County Receives $10 Million in Funding for Roads via Biden Sponsored American Rescue Plan Act (AlamogordoTownNews.com)

In a statement from New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham she said “It is incumbent on government at all levels to make sure that every penny of this historic funding (American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)) is spent on projects that transform New Mexico communities and improve the quality of life for those who live here".

In speaking of a new portal created to track the spending of allocated funds in New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham ,"This is a tool to illustrate the magnitude of projects being made possible through this funding, but also to make sure the public can hold state and local government accountable and track the progress of projects happening in their own communities.”

Otero County received funding for the following roads projects under the plan...

DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION Granted $38,000 Spent Zero
6.5 MI N ORO GRANDE - N., MAJOR WIDENING Granted $2,101,995 Spent $2,101,995
23.0 MI. N TEXAS/NM S.L.-N., MAJOR WIDENING, R/R Granted $6720 Spent $6720
3036DOG CANYON ESTATES TO ALAMOGORDO, CONS. DESIGN, R/W, CONS. Granted $97292 Spent $97290
ALAMOGORDO S TO DOG CANYON, PE, RECONS. Granted $738,550 Spent $738,548
DOG CANYON ESTATES TO ALAMOGORDO, CONSULTANT DESIGN,CONS. Granted $80612 Spent $80610
US 380 MP 217 TO 227 Granted $432,642 Spent $432640
US 54, CORONA TO DURAN Granted $3,422,788 Spent $3,422,786
US 54, FROM MP 81.173 TO MP 81.193 Granted $44,570 Spent $44,568
TULAROSA NORTH 6 MILES Granted $881,678 Spent $881,676
US 54 FROM MP 113 TO MP 119 TULAROSA TO VAUGHN DEBT SERVICE Granted $1,308,038 Spent $1,308,036

The allocation of road funds to Otero County is close to $10 Million dollars in total of which a majority has been expended per the state reporting system. The funds granted to Otero County New Mexico for roads was a part of the Biden Administration Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) of November 2021, a historic investment in U.S. infrastructure, addressing roads, bridges, public transit, broadband, clean energy, water systems and more. It reflected a bipartisan Republican and Democratic effort to tackle legacy contamination, meet crucial infrastructure needs, and spur economic growth with a target to big projects and rural communities willing to participate in the application processes via a variety of departments within the Biden Administration.