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Las Cruces releases preliminary six‑year capital improvements program; grants top funding source
Summary
Planning staff presented a preliminary capital improvement program (CIP) that prioritizes grant‑funded projects and identifies more than a thousand future projects and carryovers into FY26; the document will be released publicly and return to council for adoption.
Cynthia Amigo, capital improvement program (CIP) manager, presented the preliminary FY26 CIP to the Las Cruces City Council on March 24, 2025, explaining the document’s six‑year structure: one funded year followed by five years of identified but generally unfunded needs. The CIP is guided by council‑adopted plans including the comprehensive plan, the city strategic plan and the active transportation plan, and the document is intended to identify priorities and potential funding sources.
Why it matters: The CIP sets the order and funding expectations for infrastructure projects—streets, parks, utilities, facilities and resiliency work—affecting long‑range planning and grant applications. Cynthia told council the preliminary CIP identifies projects across many categories and that grants are the largest single funding source in the draft.
Cynthia said the preliminary program includes a large number of projects classified as future (projects identified with no funding source), carryovers (projects already funded but spanning fiscal years), annual projects that need yearly funding, and a small number of newly funded projects. In the presentation the numerical breakdown was reported as 2,991 total projects across the six‑year document, with about 130 listed as future projects, 114 carryovers, 44 annual projects and three newly funded projects. She said grants currently fund the largest share (39 projects noted under grants in the slide set) and that the second largest funding category labeled “other” grouped utility accounts and developer contributions.
Staff highlighted two newly funded projects: equipment for the city communications/government access channel funded through the Comcast franchise agreement, and a full reconstruction of Alameda Boulevard (South Main to West Las Cruces Avenue) to be funded with tax‑increment (TID) resources in the near term and additional TID funding in later years. Cynthia described the Alameda Boulevard project as a full street reconstruction including utilities, sidewalks and gutter work.
The presentation also named two recently completed projects: the Museum of Natural Science atrium renovation and the Brannigan Cultural Center exterior repairs. Cynthia said the CIP document will be released publicly in late March, returned for a work session and public hearing on April 14, 2025, and brought to council for adoption on May 19, 2025.
Ending: Council asked no substantive follow‑up questions during the CIP presentation. Staff will post the full CIP document for public review and return in April for the formal hearing.
