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Town of Mesilla submits two TPF applications: $1.44M for Paisano Road resurfacing and a planning/design request for widening
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Summary
Town of Mesilla officials presented two Transportation Project Fund applications to the Mesilla Valley MPO: a $1.442 million request to resurface Paisano Road and a planning/design request for a roadway widening with a $5,399.29 town match.
The Mesilla Valley MPO received two Transportation Project Fund (TPF) applications from the Town of Mesilla and heard presentations; the board will rank applications at its next meeting.
The first application seeks resurfacing of Paisano Road. Town staff described the project as grinding and resurfacing Paisano from Glass Road to Cuyahoga North — roughly a little over one mile — and said the request includes engineering, construction and construction management. The application requests $1,442,000 from NMDOT and identifies a town proportional match of $33,539; the town indicated it will seek a match waiver for that amount.
The second application requests planning and design work for a roadway widening and associated drainage and mobility elements. Staff described potential features as a 24-foot roadway width, and possible sidewalk or multiuse path and bike facilities depending on right-of-way availability and public feedback. Staff noted the presence of communal irrigation ditches that abut properties along the corridor; one side of a ditch may need to be moved underground to preserve adjacent farmland as part of the project design. The application includes a town proportional match reported as $5,399.29; the transcripted NMDOT funding amount for the design request was not specified clearly in the record and is therefore recorded as not specified.
Staff said both applications were reviewed by NMDOT and MPO staff and that some recommended edits remained to be completed before final submission. Letters of support noted in the presentation include one from NMDOT and one from the local business improvement district (BID); staff said letters from two affected landowners along the second-project corridor will be included with the application.
The board did not rank the projects at this meeting. Board members and town staff discussed the practical benefit of both applications coming from the same jurisdiction and indicated they expected to rank the full reconstruction (Paisano resurfacing) ahead of the planning/design request when ranking at the next meeting.
