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Las Cruces council adopts West Picacho metropolitan redevelopment plan, agrees to boundary vote
Summary
The City Council voted unanimously Dec. 1 to adopt a Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (MRA) plan for West Picacho and Motel Boulevard and to consider a concurrent boundary-extension vote; staff emphasized funding matrices, required traffic studies for catalytic sites, and continued coordination with NMDOT.
The Las Cruces City Council on Dec. 1 adopted a metropolitan redevelopment plan for the West Picacho and Motel Boulevard corridor, directing staff to continue implementation steps including project prioritization, funding alignment and coordination with the New Mexico Department of Transportation.
Blair Flores, economic development staff, and Rhonda Bell of Stantec described the 14-month planning process, which included two community design workshops, more than 700 survey responses and focused outreach to area businesses. The plan identifies six strategy “buckets” of recommendations and three catalytic projects: the Shoto…
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