New bridge could put interchange in Belen
Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 10:37am
A new bridge in the Los Lunas area could actually mean a new interchange for the City of Belen.
As the Mid-Region Council of Government continues its Los Lunas corridor study, two primary routes for a new interchange and bridge are being evaluated. Those routes are near Miller Road just north of Los Chavez and Morris Road just south of Los Lunas.
Despite all of the proposed routes being so far north, the interchange options under consideration near Miller Road are actually within Belen city limits.
Los Lunas is in red and Belen is in green.
The study has a long way to go, and it’s unclear which interchange option will ultimately be recommended for the construction of a new interchange.
A new interchange in Belen, however, could have the benefit of providing opportunities for economic development, boosting gross receipts tax revenue.
Up until this week, it had been unclear exactly how far north Belen’s city limits go, after the city annexed the area west of Interstate 25 in 2006, because the study hadn’t clearly shown the various county and municipal jurisdictional boundaries.
Councilor Jerah R. Cordova requested the information to get a better understanding of the effect the issue could have on Belen.
