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Trustees press staff for traffic study after planning approval of charter school site
Summary
Trustees discussed traffic and safety concerns for a proposed charter school at El Pueblo and 2nd Street, where planning and zoning approved the use but required a traffic study; staff and trustees emphasized multi-jurisdictional coordination with Bernalillo County and NMDOT and asked for mitigations if the study shows significant impacts.
Trustees raised traffic-safety concerns on Feb. 18 after planning and zoning approved a charter-school proposal for the old Christian school site at El Pueblo and 2nd Street.
Administrator John Avila told the board that zoning allows a school at that site and that the applicant must produce a traffic study. Avila said planning and zoning asked for measures including a west-side entrance and an east-side exit, stacked ingress/egress to avoid blocking nearby streets and landscaping to help traffic flow around drop-off queues.
Trustees repeatedly flagged the site’s close proximity to the 2nd Street off-ramp and to existing intersection and delineator issues; they expressed concern that a projected enrollment of roughly 250–300 students could create stacking and queuing that affect adjacent intersections. Several trustees asked whether the village or county could require traffic-calming measures, turn lanes or signal adjustments based on the study’s results.
Staff said the 2nd Street intersection falls under county jurisdiction and that the village will coordinate with Bernalillo County, NMDOT and state traffic engineers when the study is complete. Fred Rodasovich and village staff said enforcement and on-site traffic control will require agreements with whatever agency provides traffic control (sheriff, state police or Albuquerque Police Department) and that the permit process includes expectations for traffic-management plans.
Trustees asked staff to continue pursuing the traffic analysis and to return with proposed mitigation steps should the study identify significant impacts. The board did not reverse the planning-and-zoning approval but directed staff to coordinate multi-jurisdictional review and to bring back recommended conditions or mitigation measures if necessary.
