US Secretary of Transportation visits New Mexico to present firstofitskind pilot program

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A first-of-its-kind pilot program is coming to New Mexico with a mission to make New Mexico roads safer and preserve wildlife. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg presented this program alongside the New Mexico delegation at the Santa Ana Pueblo. He says decreasing wildlife, vehicle collisions is the main priority. “The safety solution that is needed in one location, busy crosswalk in the middle of a dense metropolitan area is different than the safety solution that you need in an area where there are so many conflict points between traffic and wildlife,” said Buttigieg. The wildlife crossings…