A TOTAL OF SIXTEEN BRIDGES IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA WILL BE GETTING SOME BADLY NEEDED MAINTENANCE LATER THIS SPRING. PHIL GALLEGOS WITH THE STATE D-O-T SAYS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FREED UP MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALL ACROSS THE STATE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE UPKEEP. HE SAYS THEY WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT THEIR BRIDGE PROGRAM AND SEE WHERE THOSE FUNDS COULD BE APPLIED.
GALLEGOS TELLS 770 KKOB THE WORK WILL INCLUDE JOINT REPLACEMENT AND RESURFACING, AMONG OTHER THINGS. HE SAYS THE BULK OF THE WORK WILL PROBABLY GET UNDERWAY IN APRIL, MAY AND JUNE.