Mayor Keller’s Boondoggle “tumbleweed” bike trail sculpture installed

Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller posted the video below in commemoration of the opening of the installation of the 25 ft. metal tumbleweed as part of a massively overpriced $80 million, 8 mile-long bike trail. While Keller is enthusiastic about the massively overpriced trail (a typical mile of trail costs $500,000, not $10 million), but most trails don’t have this “lovely art.”

The Rail Trail’s 25-ft tumbleweed debuted at the Rail Yards Valentine’s Day Market.

Designed by world famous architect Antoine Predock it’s now a citywide landmark and a tribute to the man who said he “got stuck” in Albuquerque and stayed 57 years.#OneAlbuquerque #RailTrail pic.twitter.com/fAM7ZIMRh6

— Mayor Tim Keller (@MayorKeller) February 15, 2026

Rather than a tumbleweed we think the sculpture looks like the Death Star. Perhaps a Death Star that zaps taxpayers’ money?