Maverik Gas Station at Obregon Road and NM 528
Rio Rancho
Summary
A proposed Maverik at Highway 528 and Obregon was denied because the state DOT would only allow a right-in entrance, funneling all exit traffic onto residential Monterey Road near an elementary school. Residents brought their own traffic counts and crash data.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 7
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 24, 2026.
Impact analysis
A new gas station would add gross receipts tax revenue, but the denial delays that and any future project on the west side of 528 faces the same NMDOT access limits.
Residents of Monterey Road and the Chomesa Estates area who would have faced roughly 850 extra vehicles a day.
Maverik and the property owner, plus residents hoping for fuel options, and other 528 frontage landowners awaiting corridor access solutions.
Mentions & discussions (4)
Governing Body (Regular) - Sep 24, 2026
The city executed the final decision document on the Maverik gas station site plan, closing out the item the council acted on September 10.
Governing Body (Regular) - Sep 10, 2026
A proposed Maverik at Highway 528 and Obregon was denied because the state DOT would only allow a right-in entrance, funneling all exit traffic onto residential Monterey Road near an elementary school. Residents brought their own traffic counts and crash data.
Governing Body (Regular) - Jun 25, 2026
Residents on Monterey Road packed the chamber against a 24-hour, 12-pump gas station whose only truck exit routes onto their residential street, near homes on private wells and Enchanted Hills Elementary. The council postponed a decision to September 10, pressing the developer to chase direct NM 528 access with the state.
Planning and Zoning Board - Jun 9, 2026
A proposed Maverik station at NM 528 and Obregon drew a dozen angry neighbors citing school-zone traffic, speeding cut-through traffic on Monterey Road, alcohol sales near a school, groundwater and light pollution, and crime. The board stressed it could only review the site plan — the use is already legal there.
Related development
Maverik Gas Station Site Plan — Final Decision
Closes out the paperwork on the contested gas station project; the underlying site plan was rejected by the council on September 10.
Maverik Gas Station (Maverik #50)
All site exit traffic — an estimated 850 vehicles a day — would have routed onto residential Monterey Road near Enchanted Hills Elementary, which is why the council said no.
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