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Councilor reports on regional transit service changes and airport grant awards; county to pursue tee hangar and taxiway projects
Summary
Councilor Hand reported North Central Regional Transit District route additions and service-plan approvals, a pilot for Saturday service in Los Alamos and progress on an executive-director hire; the county council approved grant applications and construction agreements for Los Alamos Airport taxiway relocation and an 8-unit tee hangar totaling several million dollars.
Councilor Hand told the Transportation Board that the North Central Regional Transit District recently approved new fixed routes (Carson and Tres Orejas), adopted the FY2025 annual service plans funded by the district's regional transit gross-receipts tax, and amended public-transportation authorizations to support an Espanola workforce-housing project.
Hand also noted a pilot program for Saturday transit service in Los Alamos and reported that the transit board interviewed finalists and is close to selecting an executive director. On county-level actions, Hand summarized council approvals for airport-related grants and budget revisions: a $400,455 capital-development grant application to the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration for an 8-unit tee hangar, a $685,000 New Mexico DOT aviation grant for a Los Alamos Airport taxiway relocation project, a $635,000 task order to Delta Airport Consultants Inc for taxiway design, and a $1,818,444.26 contract (plus gross-receipts tax) for construction of the tee hangar; total project budget established at $2,665,000 and related roadway/utility projects budgeted at $7,573,640 (figures from council action described in board update).
Councilor Hand said the transit board's actions were unanimous on those items. Director Martinez reiterated that the county will proceed with design and bidding as projects near completion and will return to the board as appropriate.
