Bosque Farms awarded $10 million for clarifier upgrades

The governor signed two bills on Wednesday, March 11, which will provide more than $1.5 billion statewide for schools, roads, housing, community and vital community infrastructure projects across the state.

The village of Bosque Farms came away from the 2026 legislative session with a $10 million win for its wastewater treatment plant.

“We sincerely want to thank Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for the awarded funding in (the capital outlay bill) Senate Bill 240. We would especially like to thank Diego Arencon the (governor’s) deputy chief of staff, New Mexico Sen. Joshua A. Sanchez and New Mexico Rep. Brian G. Baca for their assistance,” said Mayor Chris Gillespie.

“This project is of the utmost importance and top priority for the village, and is shovel ready. This project has been funded a number of times and the money keeps being pulled back. We want to thank the governor and our legislators for fighting for us.”

In early 2025, the village was awarded $10 million as part of the federal Thomas R. Carper Water Sources Development Act of 2024, which former president Joe Biden signed into law on Jan. 4, 2025. However that funding was recalled under President Donald Trump’s current administration.

The funding awarded to the village by the state is for the wastewater treatment plant clarifier upgrades and sludge processor construction.

SB 240, the capital outlay bill, includes projects totaling nearly $28 million for Valencia County.

Other projects included in the bill:

City of Belen

• $1 million for pump track construction

• $800,000 for Rosedale lift station construction

• $800,000 for west side booster pump station plan

• $250,000 for the Bosque Drain plan

• $100,000 for Vivian Fields construction

Village of Bosque Farms

• $416,000 for police department vehicle purchase

• $111,000 for animal control vehicle purchase

• $15,000 for police department electric bicycle purchase

Village of Los Lunas

• $1.5 million for planning of a new Los Lunas police station

• $500,000 for pumper truck purchase

•$400,000 for Sun Ranch Village Road/N.M. 6 (Main Street) intersection construction

Town of Peralta

• $500,000 for flood control construction

• $150,000 for park construction

City of Rio Communities

• $870,000 for public safety vehicle purchases

• $300,000 for citywide building demolition

Tome Land Grant

• $500,000 for property acquisition

University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus

• $400,000 for automotive tech lab equipment purchase

• $50,000 for student community center improvements

Valencia County

• $3 million for the Valencia County hospital

• $2,480,000 for construction a Valencia County administrative and district attorney building

• $1 million for a sports complex and fairgrounds construction

• $400,000 for Meadow Lake Community Center improvements

• $300,000 for Meadow Lake Park improvements

• $250,000 for county building improvements

• $200,000 for fire department alarm system purchase

• $50,000 for Las Maravillas park improvements

• $50,000 for public safety equipment purchases

• $50,000 for Manzano Expressway safety corridor design

• $50,000 for Meadow Lake Road improvements

Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District

• $245,000 for infrastructure improvements

• $185,000 for access improvements

•$25,000 electric vehicle purchase

New Mexico State University Ag Science Center

• $350,000 for equipment purchase

Public school districts

• $300,000 for an activity busses for Belen Consolidated Schools

• $350,000 for activity busses for School of Dreams Academy

House Bill 248, the general obligation bonds bill, included funding for three additional Valencia County projects. The bill contained $1.5 million for the Highland Meadows Senior Center, $685,000 for the Belen Senior Center and $1 million for improvements at the University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus.