{"id":2578,"date":"2022-03-08T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/?p=2578"},"modified":"2022-04-12T16:29:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T16:29:25","slug":"study-looks-at-possibility-of-connecting-major-albuquerque-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/?p=2578","title":{"rendered":"Study looks at possibility of connecting major Albuquerque trails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By:&nbsp;Scott Brown Apr 8, 2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Albuquerque, NM (KRQE) \u2013 A new study has been released on the feasibility of connecting the city\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/mra\/rail-trail\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rail Trail<\/strong><\/a> to the Sawmill District. The Spur Line Trail would follow the existing railroad tracks \u2013 north at Lomas and Broadway, then west along the Rail Spur Track, which extends to the Sawmill District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This would be a part of an eight-mile loop connecting major attractions like the Railyards, BioPark, Old Town, and the Sawmill District. A new study says while the trail is feasible, they face some challenges. The study says there isn\u2019t enough of a buffer between the tracks and where the trail would have to go \u2013 on two parcels of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city says they could get around it with an elevated trail in this area. Photos show what that trail could look like. To adhere to the style of the area, they would tile it with a design that emulates the Albuquerque Rail Yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study says the trail would have to be done in three phases. They received strong support from surrounding property owners and community members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By:&nbsp;Scott Brown Apr 8, 2022 Albuquerque, NM (KRQE) \u2013 A new study has been released on the feasibility of connecting the city\u2019s Rail Trail to the Sawmill District. The Spur Line Trail would follow the existing railroad tracks \u2013 north at Lomas and Broadway, then west along the Rail Spur Track, which extends to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578\/revisions\/2580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}