ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Just a month into the years-long rebuild of two I-25 exits in Albuquerque, drivers have caused more than 20 crashes in just five weeks of construction and New Mexico State Police said it has their attention.
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Work is in full swing on one of the biggest Albuquerque road projects in over a decade, revamping I-25 between Comanche and Montgomery. However, in just 34 days, at least 22 crashes have been reported in the construction zone, according to text alerts from the New Mexico Department of Transportation.
“Some of the crashes that are happening in the work zone tend to be back-end crashes,” said Kimberly Gallegos, Public Information Officer for NMDOT. “We do expect that when traffic patterns change and the road is getting improved, we will see a change in traffic, so this kind of stuff does happen during our major construction projects.”