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Colfax County approves $4.42 million NMDOT LGRF agreement to gravel Raton-area roads
Summary
The Colfax County Commission approved three resolutions to accept a New Mexico Department of Transportation Local Government Road Fund award totaling $4,417,617 to gravel multiple short, high-traffic county roads near Raton; the county match has not yet been included in the budget.
The Colfax County Commission on Thursday approved three resolutions to accept New Mexico Department of Transportation Local Government Road Fund (LGRF) awards totaling $4,417,617 to gravel a group of county roads in the Raton area.
The funding package, described by county staff during the meeting as focused on higher-traffic routes, covers gravel work on roads including Potato Mountain Road and Gardner Road and several shorter roads the county said “have not been graveled for years.” "The grand total on this total project that we would be awarded is the $4,417,617," a county staff member said during the discussion.
County staff told commissioners the award paperwork had been prepared as three resolutions (2025-53, 2025-54 and 2025-55) and recommended accepting the grant and moving the projects forward. The commission approved the resolutions by voice roll call after a motion and second; all commissioners present voted yes.
Commissioners and staff discussed the county share for these projects. "It has not yet been factored in. We'll include it in the final budget," the same staff member said when asked whether the county match had been placed into the draft budget. Staff also said Colfax County typically documents match as in-kind work from the road department but acknowledged the need to reflect the match formally in budget documents.
During discussion commissioners urged that, if funds are approved, projects be completed promptly rather than stretched out. "I'd like to see these projects... get them done immediately instead of them being prolonged," one commissioner said.
The commission's action was a formal acceptance of the awards; staff said the county will add the match to the final budget and proceed with scoping and scheduling. No additional project-specific timelines or contractor awards were decided at the meeting.
The resolutions approved at the meeting were identified by staff as NMDOT FY26 LGRF agreements and were passed by roll call vote.
