RIO RANCHO — Following months of waiting, a temporary solution has been proposed to reduce accidents at a deadly stretch of highway in Rio Rancho.
New Mexico Department of Transportation officials spoke publicly last week about a traffic study on the NM 528 and Pasilla-Riverside roads. But during a Dec. 18 Rio Rancho Governing Body meeting, council members and Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull questioned the proposal.
The meeting came following a letter from Rep. Alan Martinez, R-Rio Rancho, to N.M. Transportation Secretary Ricky Serna calling the delays of the study’s release unacceptable. Serna called for a traffic study in June, when Martinez invited him to a town hall that saw residents sound off on the dangers of the intersection. In October 2024, a local couple was killed in a car accident crossing the intersection to get home…