IN BERNALILLO COUNTY
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
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New Mexico's 46 airports are key economic drivers for our state. Sunport International Airport; see details here and here.
Double Eagle II Airport
Albuquerque Rail Trail Project - an approximately one-mile-long urban trail through the heart of Downtown Albuquerque linking neighborhoods, mass transportation options, the Rail Yards, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, BioPark, Old Town, Sawmill District, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Convention Center, Rail Yards, and more. The project will provide employment opportunities and activity centers. Watch a short video about the project here. 
Uptown Transit Center
The Uptown Transit Center has been awarded $25 million for the construction of six bus docks that will include protected waiting areas, signage, security features, lighting, electric charging stations, and underground parking, as well as entertainment, affordable housing, and retail uses. The funding will enhance a public-private partnership called Uptown Connect, where at least 400 apartments are planned so people can live, work, play, and hop on mass transit within a walk from their home. See more here. Electric Buses $18 million grant for electric buses so the City of Albuquerque can add several electric buses to the city’s bus fleet. See more here. 
It’s a game changer for New Mexico. It’s a game changer for agriculture, it’s a game changer for anybody in rural areas, because they can live the way that urban America has.” Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program: $26 million to install fiber to provide Internet to 1,526 Native American households, 54 community institutions and 10 businesses. You may be eligible to receive a monthly discount on an internet service plan. Sign up here: Affordable Connectivity Program.
Funding pays for a proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to restore approximately 216 acres of the Middle Rio Grande bosque, improving the watershed by constructing high-flow channels, willow swales, and wetlands, and by restoring native vegetation and habitat and restoring the forest along the banks of the Rio Grande.
Funding pays for a study of approximately 20 river miles from Bernalillo to Belen, approximately 110 square miles of drainage area including Isleta Pueblo and multiple small rural communities on both sides of the Rio Grande in Bernalillo and Valencia counties. The study lays out plans to manage flood risks and evaluates whether a 1996 plan, based on studies done in1941, can still be implemented and what actions would best reduce flood risk. 
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It really is our infrastructure moment for a generation. |
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New Mexico has over 23,800 family-owned farms and ranches, encompasses 49 million acres of farmland and is home to more than 1.4 million head of cattle. Agriculture is the third largest industry in our state, with a total economic impact of $40 billion, and yearly revenue of over 3 billion dollars. We are the leading producer of chile nationwide, often the largest producer of pecans in the U.S, and rank third for onion production, ninth for milk production, and sixteenth for cattle and calf production. The Inflation Reduction Act is designed to keep producers producing on their land. It does so by providing:
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The Inflation Reduction Act will provide a historic investment in a clean energy economy. |
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More jobs have been created in one year than in our nation’s history. |
WANT MORE PROGRESS? VOTE!
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Meet your representative
Gabe Vasquez. Download and share the slide show below:
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