State lawmakers and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham have allocated more than $20,232,000 in capital outlay projects in Valencia County after approving $528 million for the entire state.

The outlay includes $2 million for a wastewater treatment plant in Belen; $400,000 for an arsenic removal system in Bosque Farms; $535,000 for improvements to the Daniel Fernandez Memorial Park in Los Lunas; $400,000 for a park for Peralta; $600,000 for the city hall multipurpose complex in Rio Communities; and $150,000 for interoperable communications equipment for the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office.

City of Belen

  • $2 million to plan, design and construct improvements to the wastewater treatment plant in Belen
  • $700,000 to purchase and equip radio communications systems for the police and fire departments in Belen
  • $325,000 to purchase and equip a pumper fire truck for Belen
  • $866,000 to plan, design and construct shade structures, restrooms and playground equipment, including improvements to the Veterans Memorial site at Eagle Park in Belen
  • $1 million to plan, design and construct a westward connection to the north Interstate 25 interchange in Belen

 

Village Bosque Farms

  • $400,000 to plan, design, construct and equip an arsenic removal system for the water system in Bosque Farms
  • $260,000 to plan, design, construct, renovate, equip and furnish an addition to the police department facility in Bosque Farms

 

Village of Los Lunas

  • $535,000 to plan, design and construct improvements to Daniel Fernandez Memorial Park in Los Lunas
  • $120,000 to purchase and equip activity vans for the parks and recreation department in Los Lunas
  • $345,000 to purchase and equip vehicles, including sport utility vehicles, for the police department in Los Lunas
  • $750,000 to acquire rights of way and to plan, design and construct a sound barrier wall along N.M. 6 in the Jubilee subdivision of Los Lunas
  • $950,000 to plan, design and construct improvements to the Sun Ranch Village Road and Desert Willow Road intersections in Los Lunas
  • $150,000 to plan, design, construct, improve and replace a well and to purchase equipment, including a tractor, for the New Mexico State University Agricultural Science Center in Los Lunas

 

Town of Peralta

  • $400,000 to plan, design, construct, furnish and equip a park for Peralta
  • $250,000 to plan, design and construct improvements for fire stations in Peralta

 

City of Rio Communities

  • $350,000 to plan, design and construct an upstream portion of phase one of a storm water and drainage infrastructure system for Rio Communities
  • $600,000 to plan, design, demolish, renovate, furnish and equip the city hall multipurpose complex in Rio Communities
  • $121,571 to plan, design, construct and equip street lights along Horner Street in Rio Communities

 

Valencia County

  • $180,000 to purchase and equip vehicles for the Belen Senior Center
  • $600,000 for renovations to the Del Rio Senior Center in Rio Communities
  • $150,000 to purchase, equip and install interoperable communications equipment for the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office

 

Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District

  • $250,000 to plan, design and construct irrigation water measurement structures for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District in irrigation canals in Valencia County

 

Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District

  • $585,000 to plan, design, construct, renovate, furnish and equip phase two of the Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area building, including administrative offices, meeting rooms and storage areas, for the Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District

 

Tomé Land Grant

  • $550,000 to acquire property and to plan, design, construct, renovate, equip and furnish buildings and grounds, including an historic jail site and structures, within the patented boundaries of the Town of Tomé Land Grant-merced

 

University of New Mexico-Valencia campus

  • $595,000 to plan, design, construct, purchase, equip and install solar array banks at the University of New Mexico-Valencia campus
  • $900,000 to plan, design, construct, renovate and equip critical infrastructure improvements within the business and technology classrooms and laboratories at the University of New Mexico-Valencia campus
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