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County adviser urges Socorro residents to take Borderplex Safe Mobility survey to shape road and transit priorities
Summary
A senior policy adviser for El Paso County outlined the Borderplex Safe Mobility Plan, said it is data-driven and equity-focused, and urged local participation in a bilingual mobile survey at borderplexsafe.org to help prioritize safety projects.
A senior policy adviser for El Paso County told the Socorro City Council on April 17 that the Borderplex Safe Mobility Plan needs local input and urged residents and council members to complete a bilingual online survey to help prioritize roadway, pedestrian and transit safety projects.
Oscar Silva, senior policy adviser for County Commissioner Eliana Aldin (Precinct 3), described the plan as a data-driven, region-wide study that began in fall 2024 and aims to produce a safety action plan that will guide engineering priorities and grant applications. “The survey is mobile; it can be accessed on a mobile device, also on a computer or desktop. It’s in Spanish and it’s in English,” Silva said.
Why this matters: the Borderplex plan covers municipalities and unincorporated areas across El Paso County and portions of Doña Ana and Otero counties. Planners say the project combines objective crash data and community-submitted subjective information to produce a prioritized list of safety investments and funding strategies.
What the plan will do: Silva said the plan will aggregate crash databases, GIS heat maps and local observations to identify “fatal crash hotspots,” prioritize projects, and develop funding cases for grants. He described a “safe systems” approach that looks at safer roads, safer speeds, safer vehicles, safer people (behavior/culture) and post-crash care.
How residents can participate: Silva said the survey is available at borderplexsafe.org and that the project team provides a QR code for social media promotion. The survey is also available in printed form for community distribution, he said, and project staff can deliver paper surveys to local offices on request. Silva said the plan intends to be finalized by fall 2025, though timelines could shift.
Council reaction and next steps: Silva asked the council to help publicize the survey to ensure equitable participation across the county. He noted the project’s public outreach vendor was no longer handling distribution, so local governments and community organizations will need to assist with dissemination.
Bottom line: city officials seeking to influence where future safety and mobility funding goes should encourage residents to take the bilingual, mobile-friendly survey at borderplexsafe.org.
