Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today announced that the two New Mexico transit project have been awarded grants through the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Mid Region Council of Governments has been awarded a $400,000 grant for a project to identify transit and land use solutions to transportation problems in Albuquerque's education and health care corridor. This three square-mile area, bisected by Route 66, is one mile east of downtown Albuquerque and bounded by I-40 to the north and I-25 to the west.

The New Mexico Department of Transportation has also been awarded a $200,000 grant to develop an asset management system in order to more effectively track the condition of the fleets, facilities, and equipment of communities around the state.

"These grants will support the transit infrastructure that many New Mexicans have come to rely upon for their daily transportation," Bingaman said.