County Reveals Plans to Bring Pavement to Neighborhood

Bond passage may mean the end to dirt roads here.

Despite a neighborhood vote of more than 70 percent against using pavement, Santa Fe County plans to use the revenue from the general obligation bond passed yesterday to pave portions of Vista Redonda roads.
According to Adam Leigland, director of public works for the county, the plan is to:

• Pave 1,300 feet of Vista Redonda from the intersection of 592  and continuing 600 feet past the stop sign.
• Pave 2,500 feet of Paseo Encantado SW  and 1,300 feet of Paseo Encantado NE beginning at the intersection.
• Engage the services of an engineering consultant to look at widening the road, drainage, and other issues.

Board member David Rule writes:
"I believe that your blog post is a bit misleading.  While I believe that it is true that 70% of our residents voted against FULL paving of all road surface - 57% did vote to accept partial paving similar to what is being proposed by the County.  The County is not proposing to pave all the VR road surfaces as your posting would seem to imply.  You may wish to clarify this.  Thanks.  Dave Rule"