BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – It's a deadly stretch of road on the West Mesa where four people have died in car crashes over the last year and a half. While the county started a project to light up the area, one victim's family is outraged it's not done yet. The family recently put up signs in memory of those who died in this area to draw awareness to the lighting project that's been in progress for more than a year. "We don't need more crosses," said Sujey Sanchez, mother of Joshua Munoz who died in the stretch of unlit road last year. Story continues below Podcast: Tent Rocks National Monument reopens with new fees and new rules News: Albuquerque man accused of shooting stepmom asks judge to spend Christmas Eve with family Trending: Tingley Coliseum undergoes renovations as governor looks to possibly move state fair site  Don't Miss: 15-foot tumbleweed snowman pops up in Socorro On a roughly four-mile stretch of road near the Metropolitan Detention Center, there are still no lights to illuminate the area that's seen at least three deadly crashes including the crash that killed Sanchez's 19-year-old son. MDC officer Joshua Munoz was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the I-40 frontage road near Atrisco Vista and Central Ave. last December. "I don't know who needs to be dead in there and you guys can put the lights on," said Sanchez.  Two other deadly crashes have happened in the area including a May 2023 wreck where an MDC officer hit and killed two men on the side of the road who were fixing an ATV.  Responding officers confirmed how hard it was to see out there. "I took a photo of the dark, you can't, I was standing next to that unit and you can't see it. You can't see any of them," said an officer.   Then in October, 19-year-old MDC officer Raquel Sachs was also killed in a single-vehicle crash along the unlit stretch.  Sachs and Munoz are now featured on a poster made by the Munoz family reminding people of what's happened and longstanding plans to make lighting changes. "I want to feel peace. I want to put the lights on for them," said Sanchez.   Bernalillo County has been working on the lighting project since October 2023 in partnership with the city and the New Mexico Department of Transportation. But so far no new lights have been installed yet as they are finishing the planning stages which should wrap up by February.   "It's 103 lights so it's a significant project, so you will see work. You might not see the lights up at first, because they have to drill into the ground twenty feet down deep," said Jennifer Flor, senior project engineer for Bernalillo County.    They estimate the project will break ground in spring and be done by this coming summer but Sanchez is hoping for something sooner to keep more lives from being lost. "Not for my son, he's dead. You guys are going to put the lights and they will not bring my son back but at least for another family," said Sanchez.   The county said it has all of the money it needs for the project.  The family of Joshua Munoz is planning on protesting at the site on December 19 which is the one-year anniversary of Munoz's crash. The City of Albuquerque said it's also agreed to maintain some of the lights in the area but it's waiting on a final agreement from the county.