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NMDOT And Partners Promote Traffic Safety On Opening Day At New Mexico State Fair Today

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Transportation Secretary Ricky Serna

NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Division in partnership with Safer New Mexico Now, Motorcycle Rights, Motorcycle Safety Foundation, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving will host multiple booths at Expo New Mexico today, Sept. 8 on Main Street in front of the agriculture building during Law Enforcement Day.

Representatives from each organization will be on hand to promote safe driving practices.

Expo New Mexico gates open at 10 a.m. and opening day of the 2022 New Mexico State Fair honors all members of law Read More

Weekend Water Line Work Scheduled On Trinity Drive

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Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Water line work will slightly divert traffic traveling east on Trinity Drive. (N.M. 502) this weekend while water main connections for The Hills Apartments are tied into Los Alamos County water lines at Trinity Drive and 35th Street.

The work is scheduled to occur between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The work will take place on the southern edge of Trinity Drive near 35th Street for about 400 feet. Traffic will be diverted from the eastbound lane closer to the center of the road.

Engineering staff from the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) encourage Read More

Posts From The Road: Manito Park And Botanical Gardens

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Duncan Gardens: The Duncan Gardens is the most impressive garden at Manito Park and Botanical Gardens. The formal English Garden is a lush display of manicured grass and a colorful display of annual bedding plants. Shown is a visitor entering the gardens on the left while two gardeners work on one of the beds on the right. A beautiful water fountain is set in the center of the garden. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Flowering Onion: A group of colorful flowering onion blooms stand out against the green foliage backdrop. The flowering onion blooms in May and June at Manito Park and Botanical Read More

Fort Union Hosts First Fort And Arsenal Site Tours Sept. 10

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Fort Union National Monument will host its annual First Fort and Arsenal site tours Saturday, Sept. 10. Courtesy/NPS

NPS News:

WATROUS — Fort Union National Monument invites the public to join their annual First Fort and Arsenal Tours Saturday, Sept. 10.

The First Fort and Arsenal sites are open to the public only once a year, and these will be guided tours only. 

First Fort and Arsenal tours will be departing from the Monument visitor center at 9:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. Reservations are not necessary. Visitors should arrive at the visitor center 15 minutes before start times for an introduction Read More

Cone Zone: Week Of Sept. 5, 2022

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COUNTY News:

Public Works Projects: 

The projects listed in this section are being managed by County Public Works staff through contractors.

For more information, email lacpw@lacnm.us, call 505.662.8150, or visit “Projects/Public Works”.

Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones.

Note: the below information is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.

Courtesy/LAC

Drive Less Los Alamos! 

Whether you commute to Los Alamos from Santa Fe, Española, or live here locally, Los Alamos County asks you to change your Read More

NM Congressional Democrats Welcome $2.5M In Federal Investments For Española, Santa Fe, Albuquerque Airports

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Congressional News: 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Reps Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are welcoming $2,568,244 in federal funding from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to three New Mexico airports.

“Airports are pillars of opportunity – and that’s exactly what this federal funding is going to bring. Opportunities to improve the air quality around the Albuquerque Sunport with zero-emissions technologies. Opportunities to renovate aging infrastructure at the Española Municipal Read More

Scene: Emergency Response To Gas Leak On Canyon Road

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The scene of a hazmat truck, police, firefighters and an ambulance responding to a gas leak caused by a contractor breaking a pipe during road construction Friday on Canyon Road near Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Police instructed people at the church, Los Alamos High School and Gold Street Apartments to shelter in place until gas to the area could be shut off, which took just a few minutes. Photo by Amy Birnbaum Read More

NMSP Conducts Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Operation In Española & Taos; Results In 133 Citations, 2 Arrests

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NMSP News: 

TAOS & ESPAÑOLA — The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) Bureau conducted a five-day CVE operation in Taos and Española. 

The operation ran Aug. 22-26 and was aimed at making sure commercial motor vehicles (CMV) operating on the roadways of northern New Mexico were in proper working order.

CMV safety inspections ensure that commercial vehicles are safe and compliant with Department of Transportation and other federal safety regulations. These inspections are essential because they provide safety not only to the CMV drivers but also other Read More

New Mexico Transportation Commission Dedicates NM 522 To Late State Sen. Carlos R. Cisneros

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Sen. Carlos R. Cisneros Memorial Highway dedicated Monday in Questa to honor the late senator. Courtesy/NMDOT 

NMDOT, elected officials, close friends and family of the late Sen. Carlos R. Cisneros, gathered Monday in Questa off N.M. 522 to officially dedicate the entire length of the state road from its junction with U.S. 64 in Taos County to the New Mexico/Colorado state line as the ‘Sen. Carlos R. Cisneros Memorial Highway’ . Courtesy/NMDOT 

NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT), elected officials, close friends and family of the late Sen. Carlos R. Read More