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Residents urge Corrales to prioritize paving, signage and enforcement on Perea Road after repeated safety complaints
Summary
Multiple residents raised safety concerns about Perea Road—narrow shoulders, heavy commercial vehicle traffic, and hazardous parking—and urged the council to make paving, no‑parking signage and enforcement a higher priority, with requests to add a dedicated legislative funding ask to the village ICIP submission.
At the Coralenos public‑comment portion of the meeting, a string of residents asked the council to accelerate work on Perea Road to address chronic safety problems.
"Perea Road has become increasingly unsafe," resident Sam Viil told the council, pointing to narrow lanes, limited sight lines and repeated instances in which parked vehicles and commercial deliveries force road users into hazardous proximity with moving traffic. Several speakers said heavy commercial traffic and delivery activity—often tied to a business operating on or near Perea Road—regularly blocks the roadway and complicates emergency access.
Carolyn Win, who lives on Perea Road, said the road is listed at number 20 on the village’s ICIP list but asked what that ranking means in practice and whether being on the list will translate into funding. "We have been told Perea Road is listed as number 20 on the village ICIP list," Win said, asking the council to clarify whether that ranking signals near‑term action or multi‑year delay. Residents requested that the council put a dollar figure in the legislative request so the village and constituents can press for funding at the state level.
Others emphasized safety measures that could be implemented more quickly than full paving: stricter enforcement of parking restrictions, temporary signage, or a no‑parking ordinance in problem stretches. Councilors and staff said they are discussing a draft no‑parking ordinance already focused on a commercial area and that they expect an NMDOT safety assessment of Corrales Road (scheduled as a follow‑up meeting) to inform near‑term actions. Staff also said a draft ordinance for no‑parking near a business corridor will be considered at a future meeting and that enforcement capacity has increased with the addition of a code‑enforcement officer.
Councilors acknowledged the public frustration and described the ICIP process calendar: draft lists are typically reviewed in April and finalized in the summer legislative packet. Several residents asked the council to include a specific monetary ask and to treat paving as a priority in the village’s legislative outreach. The council did not vote on a paving commitment at the meeting; staff said the DOT safety evaluation and the ICIP schedule will be the next milestones.
