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Old 08-04-2018, 04:46 AM
 
Location: Abu Al-Qurq
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Paseo Del Volcan does extend south of Rio Rancho to Albuquerque, though not continuously, and the Albuquerque side of things is seriously messed up.

The first realization is that the name comes from the extinct volcanoes on Albuquerque's west side. A N/S road in Albuquerque lines up with RR's Paseo Del Volcan and hugs the west edge of these volcanoes, running north from I-40. The Albuquerque portion _used_ to be called Paseo Del Volcan.

Albuquerque city planners wanted to line up a N/S artery with Rio Rancho's Paseo Del Volcan, which wasn't realistically going to happen with the existing Paseo Del Volcan. It was big enough, and it lined up, but _somebody_ wanted to develop the scrubland at Quail Ranch further west. RR now has it in the plans to plumb their end of PDV too far west.

So Albuquerque city planners did the most boneheaded thing imaginable. They renamed Paseo Del Volcan to "Atrisco Vista Blvd", itself a pretty confusing name, as "Atrisco Dr", a road of major historical significance, runs parallel a few miles east. It's a common enough problem in older metro areas to have multiple confusingly named streets running parallel to each other (Peachtree in Atlanta, Florissant in St. Louis), but this was easily avoidable.

Now they're putting through a new road about a mile west of the old Paseo Del Volcan and calling it Paseo Del Volcan, even though the volcanoes haven't moved and aren't on the new road, and now even RR's Paseo Del Volcan never passes any volcanoes. It's like renaming Tramway "County Highway 14" and renaming Eubank "Tramway".

You can still find a little stub of PDV in Albuquerque two blocks east of Atrisco Vista and Central (141st street SW).

Don't believe me? Check out the Berry Administration's brochure.

I have no problem with a buildout west of Double Eagle II airport if there's market demand, but the reappropriation of a name with meaning, Realtor-style*, is something I wish more people would stand up to. Hopefully a new batch of MCRP's can reattach Paseo Del Volcan in Sandoval County to "Atrisco Vista" in Bernalillo county and call the new boondoggle "Estrella Blvd." or similar.


*Realtors are notorious for "stretching" famous neighborhoods in order to get higher prices for their properties. For instance, Nob Hill in Albuquerque now extends to and beyond Lomas and San Mateo, which is completely ridiculous.
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Old 08-04-2018, 10:20 AM
 
Location: New Mexico U.S.A.
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Don't believe me? Check out the Berry Administration's brochure.
I did check it out...

“If implemented Paseo del Volcan would create a major transportation corridor with efficient access to developing properties on Albuquerque’s west side and in Rio Rancho."

A lot of talk, a lot of plans, etc, etc, etc. I still do not see a real road that can be driven on called "Paseo del Volcan" other than what I mentioned...
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Old 08-05-2018, 10:57 AM
 
Location: The High Desert
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I've driven it so you don't have to.
You can take Unser north to Paseo de Volcan and then proceed eastward diagonally past the hospital and high school to plow through Enchanted Hills and meet up with Hwy 550 west of the Home Depot. Then you get dumped into the 550/528 traffic as people make an almost futile attempt to get through the perpetual construction zone near Santa Ana Casino and into Bernalillo. Meanwhile, there's the other line of sly drivers who know the shortcut behind Walmart that puts them out on 550 just as all the other eastbound traffic approaches the bridge. Once the new bridge span is completed and opened it might move things a few milliseconds faster...maybe not. The new casino hotel and the huge Bosque Brewery are recent additions to the already busy commercial strip. Extending PdV into Albuquerque to collect more traffic only makes this worse.
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Old 08-05-2018, 12:48 PM
 
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I've driven it so you don't have to.
You can take Unser north to Paseo de Volcan and then proceed eastward diagonally past the hospital and high school to plow through Enchanted Hills and meet up with Hwy 550 west of the Home Depot. Then you get dumped into the 550/528 traffic as people make an almost futile attempt to get through the perpetual construction zone near Santa Ana Casino and into Bernalillo. Meanwhile, there's the other line of sly drivers who know the shortcut behind Walmart that puts them out on 550 just as all the other eastbound traffic approaches the bridge. Once the new bridge span is completed and opened it might move things a few milliseconds faster...maybe not. The new casino hotel and the huge Bosque Brewery are recent additions to the already busy commercial strip. Extending PdV into Albuquerque to collect more traffic only makes this worse.

I almost always use that route to avoid the 550/528 intersection. South of the Walmart, past Goodwill to sheriff's Posse Road and out on 550.
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Old 08-05-2018, 01:12 PM
 
Location: New Mexico U.S.A.
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I almost always use that route to avoid the 550/528 intersection. South of the Walmart, past Goodwill to sheriff's Posse Road and out on 550.
I have used it a lot when leaving Home Depot, just for a different view...
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Old 08-05-2018, 04:28 PM
 
Location: The High Desert
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I almost always use that route to avoid the 550/528 intersection. South of the Walmart, past Goodwill to sheriff's Posse Road and out on 550.
First time I tried that I ended up in the detention center somehow.
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Old 08-07-2018, 07:21 PM
 
Location: HSV
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This place needs more limited access roads.
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