Lordsburg Council Approves Modular Restroom and Showers Installation at Veterans Park

Lordsburg City Council approved accepting a New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Trails+ grant on Feb. 26, 2026 to install a modular restroom building with shower facilities at Veterans Park, the city-owned park located just south of Lordsburg. The council action clears formal acceptance of the state grant for the modular unit.

The modular building approved for Veterans Park includes both restroom and shower facilities and will be placed within the city-owned park grounds south of Lordsburg, a site the city says is used frequently by travelers and long-distance visitors. Council members framed the installation as addressing restroom access at a public open space that serves people passing through the region.

Council approval came during the Feb. 26 meeting of Lordsburg City Council when elected officials voted to accept the Trails+ funding award. The New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Trails+ program provides targeted funds for outdoor infrastructure projects; the council’s vote authorized the city to take the grant as the funding source for the modular restroom-and-shower installation at Veterans Park.

Veterans Park sits just south of the municipal boundary of Lordsburg and is managed by the city. City records list the park as a public facility; the new modular restroom and shower building will be an asset to that city-owned site and its visitors. The council’s acceptance of the grant establishes the project’s funding pathway under the Trails+ program.

With the council’s action on Feb. 26, the next administrative steps fall to city staff to coordinate implementation under the terms of the New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Trails+ grant and to arrange placement of the modular restroom building on city property at Veterans Park. The council vote moves the project from grant award to city-managed installation at the park located just south of Lordsburg.