$2.5 Million Doesn’t Go Very Far on the Rail Runner: A Video Report on the Rail Runner’s Kewa “Station”
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Think of the mansion you could build for $2.5 million. Keep that in mind as you watch our first video report on the $2.5 million Kewa “station” of the New Mexico Rail Runner Express. The state already has the right of way, and the pueblo is leasing the little bit of land under the parking lot at no charge. So real estate is not included in the seven-figure price tag.
Unlike a multi-million dollar mansion, this place has no plumbing, no air conditioning or heat, no insulation, no windows, no doors, no closets, no hallways, no garage, no kitchen…no rooms of any kind. It is open to the air on all sides. It’s just concrete and metal pillars holding up corrugated metal roofs. You’ll also find metal railings, some lengths of chain link fence, some electrical wiring and several lights here and there, eight benches, five traffic signs, two trash cans and 47 parking spaces. It also has a bright red Rail Runner weathervane. $2.5 million. Video by Steve McAllister, our multi-media correspondent.
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11:22 am on March 18th, 2010
Americans can’t possibly keep up with this spending. It’s very disheartening.
1:26 pm on March 19th, 2010
Yeah, but those are really NICE parking spaces.
3:23 pm on March 19th, 2010
Federal Stimulus money brought home by Lujan, Bingaman, and Udall. Just think about how this travesty is repeated all across the country. Thank a baby next time you see one, because the baby will be paying for this kind of thing the rest of its life.
8:01 pm on March 20th, 2010
$2.5 million isn’t necessarily a lot of money for this type of project.
You could buy 5 buses with the same amount.
12:12 am on March 23rd, 2010
I think that this report it very insensitive to the Kewa people not Santo Domingo. It is for the use of the people and to discount their importance is a racist comment! Kewa is one of the largest native communities that has been there for thousand of years.
7:58 am on April 1st, 2010
Jim, the cost are high because the contractors that win the bids are expected to contribute a large portion of their profit in donations for the next round of elections. If you request a list of the winning contractors on these projects I guarantee their names will be on the list of donors contributing in the next round of elections
8:21 am on April 13th, 2010
You would think they would be embarassed instead of bragging about wasting our money. At least this 2.5 million paid for a station that is now open. How much was spent on the Zia station–that was NEVER opened, and is now fenced off and will probably NEVER be opened!