Santa Fe Hotel Battle Ends

Santa Fe’s City Council just gave the green light to a controversial new 150-room AC Hotels by Marriott near the busy Cerrillos Road and St. Francis Drive intersection, overturning a neighborhood appeal 4 to 1. Preservationists and locals feared the hotel would worsen already chaotic traffic, calling the developer’s study flawed — but developers countered that the analysis was solid and the city’s infrastructure already handles millions of daily cars. A last-minute legal twist clarified the voting rules, and an abstention helped secure the win for the project, clearing the way for construction near the New Mexico School for the Deaf — a victory for developers and a setback for those worried about traffic and neighborhood disruption. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/0d49a3ac58c36c01