CONE ZONE: Week of Sept.10
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY News:
Public Works Projects:
For more information about the projects listed below, e-mail lacpw@lacnm.us, call 662-8150, or visit the “Projects” link at www.losalamosnm.us.
Pavement Preservation – Fog Sealing Continues in Quemazon and Western Area
Fog sealing operations will continue in Quemazon on Monday finishing with fog sealing the full length of Quemazon Road. Crews will then move to Western Area: Ridgeway, 47th Street – Trinity to Ridgeway, 49th, and the upper Trinity/Sandia loop.
Flyers will be distributed 48 hours in advance of construction beginning in the Read More
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge Project Completed
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. Courtesy/NM Tourism Dept.
NMDOT News:
NMDOT District Five announced today the completion of the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge rehabilitation project. The bridge is 10 miles northwest of Taos.
Work began in July, 2011 and ended Aug. 29, 2012.
NMDOT congratulates all crew members on their great work and also thanks the people of the Taos area for their patience and cooperation.
Glen Baker
The job of restoring and repairing the nearly 50-year-old bridge was a monumental task headed up by Assistant District Engineer Phil A. Gallegos and Taos Project Manager Glen Baker. The contractor Read More
North Mesa Loses Gas
LOS ALAMOS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES News:
More than 1,000 Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities’ customers on North Mesa lost natural gas just before noon today.
Gas construction work in the Kwage Mesa area, specifically a pipeline tie-in, unexpectedly depressurized the gas line feeding the North Mesa neighborhood.
DPU crews began an extensive restoration effort around 12:30 p.m., which includes shutting gas valves to each North Mesa customer, pressurizing the line, and revisiting each customer to turn gas back on and relight appliances.
Crews will be working around the clock Read More
Police Charge Local Man With Battery
By Carol A. Clark
Los Alamos police issued a court summons to a local man Tuesday morning charging him with battery.
Matthew Story, 21, reportedly suffers from a mental handicap and attempted to choke a Los Alamos High School student who he believed had taken his paint brushes from his art class at UNM-Los Alamos in July, according to the police report.
The 15-year-old student told police that she encountered Story near the County bus stop at Diamond Drive and Canyon Road before school started Tuesday, according to the police report.
Story was angry about the loss of his paint brushes and attempted Read More
West Nile Virus Cases in New Mexico to Date
OEM News:
West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne disease. Human cases of the disease have been reported every year in New Mexico since 2003. August and September are peak times for West Nile cases in New Mexico.
New Human Cases in New Mexico by County:
Six new cases have been reported since Aug. 29, bringing the total for this year to 14 cases:
- 78-year-old man from Dona Ana County. Uncomplicated Fever
- 59-year-old man from Lea County. Uncomplicated Fever
- 79-year-old man from Sandoval County. Encephalitis/Meningitis
- 9-year-old boy from Dona Ana County. Encephalitis/Meningitis
- 72-year-old man
