1/4 Cent Transportation Tax
The Streets of Albuquerque
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Albuquerque's street system comprises 3900 lane-miles, equivalent to a two-lane road from Albuquerque to Washington D.C.
Street revenue needs fall into these general categories:
- Street Maintenance
- Street Rehabilitation, Deficiencies and Missing Links
Street Maintenance
| Year 2004 Projects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • | Residential Slurry Seal | |||
Street Maintenance includes such measures as crack sealing, fog sealing, slurry sealing, and micro-surfacing. It costs over $7 million/year to maintain our streets, regardless of their condition. Current funding is about $4.5 million.
The quarter cent tax will provide the additional needed $3 million/year.
Street Rehabilitation, Deficiencies and Missing Links
| • | Street Conditions (202k image) |
| • | Street Rehabilitation Needs (80k image) |
| • | Combined Street Projects (70k image) |
| • | Projects NE Quadrant (36k image) |
| • | Projects NW Quadrant (47k image) |
| • | Projects SE Quadrant (33k image) |
| • | Projects SW Quadrant (42k image) |
Rehabilitation: Includes such work as milling, inlay and reconstruction of existing streets. Approximately 71% of our streets are in very poor, poor, or fair condition. To bring all streets to good condition will require approximately $100 million.
Deficiencies: Deficiencies are shortages in street capacity which prevent efficient traffic flow; thus contributing to delay, expense, frustration and accidents. Solutions include additional turning lanes, widening of streets to add lanes, and improved signals.
To address priority deficiencies will require approximately $104 million, of which $26 million will come from CIP; $47 million from other sources (Federal, State and County), and $32 million is for 1/4 cent funding.
Missing Links: Critical missing links are segments of streets needed to connect or extend certain streets to achieve a "whole" system. Construction of critical missing links within the City limits will achieve connectivity and distribute traffic more equitably.
Connecting the missing links will require about $37.7 million, of which $6.5 million will come from CIP, $13.2 million from other sources, and $18 million is for 1/4 cent funding.
Included in all above categories, as appropriate, will be rehabilitation of storm drains, and addition of on-street bicycle lanes, wheelchair ramps, curb and gutter, and sidewalks.
Under-street utilities will also be rehabilitated as part of street work. This effort will be funded from the water and sewer utility program. It is estimated that a 1 to 2 1/2 percent increase in rates may be required over the 10-year life of the tax. The water and sewer rehabilitation program will vary year by year, depending on the condition of the utilities under the streets being rehabilitated.