KRQE<\/a>) \u2013 After more than a decade of work, and millions of dollars spent, the city is now trying to figure out what\u2019s next for the Rail Yards, after they scrapped their original master plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cWe all know how hard this site has been to be developed,\u201d said City Councilor Isaac Benton, who also serves as the Chair of the Rail Yards Advisory Board. \u201cI think we\u2019re finally in a position where maybe something could happen,\u201d Benton said about the decades-long project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The redevelopment really started in 2019, after Mayor Tim Keller terminated a contract with Samitaur, a California-based developer, who wasn\u2019t making progress on the project. Since then, it\u2019s come a long way. The city installed utilities, resurfaced the parking lot, replaced the roof, and ripped out contaminated creosote blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf we\u2019re too restrictive it\u2019s going to put more pressure on getting the site developed and we could be here for another ten years,\u201d said one of the board members, during that meeting. They know one thing for sure, they want the property to remain a public place for Albuquerque residents to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s a requirement for at least 30 permanently affordable housing units on the property, but the board has a few questions, like if they should allow for more, and where the housing would go. It may take some time to come up with a new master plan, but for now, they\u2019re keeping an open mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe each have a vision of what the site could be,\u201d said Benton. \u201cThat applies to everybody who\u2019s ever seen that site because it\u2019s an inspirational place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the other requirements is bringing one of the original locomotives back to the site. The board is trying to figure out if it could go by the original turntable, or if there\u2019s another place to put it on display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by: Stephanie Chavez Posted: Jun 15, 2022 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) \u2013 After more than a decade of work, and millions of dollars spent, the city is now trying to figure out what\u2019s next for the Rail Yards, after they scrapped their original master plan. \u201cWe all know how hard this site has been to be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653","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=2653"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2655,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653\/revisions\/2655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}