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MPO staff flags federal funding uncertainty for UPWP as NMDOT signals Vision Zero timeline
Summary
MPO staff told the Doña Ana governing board May 13 that the FY2027–28 Unified Planning Work Program must be adopted in June but is built on provisional FY2026 numbers because federal reauthorization remains unresolved; staff also summarized NMDOT’s preference to use a slope-to-zero (2050) approach for safety targets.
MPO staff on May 13 told the Doña Ana County governing board that the next Unified Planning Work Program (FY2027–28 UPWP) must be adopted in June but remains constrained by uncertainty around federal transportation reauthorization. Andrew Ray, speaking for MPO staff, said the draft largely carries forward existing tasks with one notable addition — planning support for a proposed High Mesa road corridor from Las Cruces Industrial Innovation Park toward Santa Teresa — but cautioned that the financial numbers are provisional.
"The giant elephant in the room is that we have no idea what our funding level is going to be," Andrew…
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