MOTORISTS IN ALBUQUERQUE WHO USE RIO GRANDE BOULEVARD THROUGH CANDELARIA ARE GOING TO START SEEING CONSTRUCTION ON A ROUNDABOUT AT THAT INTERSECTION. PROJECT SPOKESPERSON PATTI WATSON, TELLS US THE ROUNDABOUT IS REALLY A SAFETY NECESSITY. SHE SAYS APD REPORTS THERE WERE 30 CRASHES AT THAT INTERSECTION BETWEEN 2015 AND 2018, INCLUDING EIGHT CRASHES WITH INJURIES.
PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO RUN THROUGH EARLY JULY WITH THE ENTIRE PROJECT WRAPPING UP IN THE FALL.
