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NMDOT: Avoid Driving If Possible As Storm Approaches

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NMDOT News:

The New Mexico Department of Transportation District Six Engineer is asking motorists to avoid travel as winter weather is predicted across west-central New Mexico.

Maintenance crews are pretreating highways for the upcoming storm however, it is impossible to prevent ice in every location despite round the clock efforts.

The National Weather Service is forecasting hazardous weather along the west-central mountain chain until Feb. 17.

“Our crews work extremely hard to keep our roads clear of snow and ice; however, it’s important for drivers to remember to drive for current Read More

Pandemic Broadens New Mexico Dept. Of Transportation Outlook To Lay Groundwork For A Connected Future

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation reports that it is committed to helping build out the information highways in New Mexico to connect rural communities to vital digital resources while enhancing mobility and safety on state highways.

“The pandemic forced New Mexico to rely heavily on internet access, making broadband even more essential,” Transportation Secretary Mike Sandoval said. “Digital expansion has been a passion project of the department for a while, but the urgent need for telecommuting, distance learning and telemedicine has fueled the drive Read More

Posts From The Road: Hill Top Café Fredericksburg, Texas

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Hill Top Cafe: This 1930s era gas station surely holds many stories if walls could talk. The 30s hand crank gas pumps still stand but beyond that this little station turned cafe is serving up great food and live music. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Welcome: The Hill Top entrance is very typical of an old gas station. The old screen door with the bread ad welcomes you in. When crowded, patrons can sit at folding tables with red Coke chairs or sit on a weathered church pew seen on the wall by the door. Above the door is a welcome sign and the grill of a late 1940s Buick. Who wouldn’t want to look further! Read More

New Mexico Tourism Secretary To Present FY22 Executive Budget Recommendation To Senate Finance Committee

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Tourism Secretary Jen Paul Schroer

NMTD News:

SANTA FE — Today at 1 p.m. (MT), Tourism Secretary Jen Paul Schroer will present the Tourism Department’s FY22 Executive Budget Recommendation to the Senate Finance Committee, which includes the proposed $25 million special appropriation for tourism recovery.

Secretary Schroer will provide more details on the $25 million special appropriation for tourism recovery during the presentation and more data that further documents the pandemic’s economic injury to New Mexico’s tourism industry.

WHAT: Senate Finance Committee Read More

NMDOT: Virtual Car Seat Inspections Are Available

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Division (NMDOT TSD) and Safer New Mexico Now are hosting virtual car seat checks through Zoom.

Nationally certified child passenger safety technicians provide parents and caregivers with one-on-one instruction on the proper selection, installation and use of their car seats. 

The virtual sessions are by appointment only and occur 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every first and third Wednesday of the month.

Sessions also are offered on the second Saturday of the month between noon and 2 p.m. All participants are required to Read More

Traffic Alert: Intermittent Closures On Canyon Road

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Traffic Alert:

Los Alamos County announces that intermittent road closures on Canyon Road east of the Central Avenue intersection will be occurring 7 am to 4 pm. Feb. 3 through Feb. 12.

This location is adjacent to the United Church property. Closures will not block any property entrances.

The closures are to allow work on relocating a gas line in preparation for the start of the Kiddie/Multigenerational Pool Project.

Direct questions/comments to Steve Huebner with the Public Works Department at 505.663.1758 or steven.huebner@lacnm.us. Read More

LAPD Reminds Motorists: Slow Down In School Zones

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LAPD News:

The Los Alamos Police Department wants to remind motorists to be aware of all school zones when the lights are flashing.

Students have started back to school 1:30-3:20 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Officers will be present during these times and take appropriate enforcement actions.

“Let’s work together to ensure our children are safe,” Cmdr. Preston Ballew said. Read More

Posts From The Road: Yellowstone … An Abstract View

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Swirls: As a photographer, I was amazed at the colorful swirls created in this hydrothermal pool in Yellowstone, swirling colors creating an abstract work of art. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Tree Trunks: Trunks of dead trees stand in multicolored water in this larger hydrothermal pool. The branches and debris add to the abstract design in the image. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872 and is our oldest national park in the United States. Known for its natural beauty, the wildlife, Read More

NMDOT Crews Tasked With Maintaining, Upgrading 31,000 Lane Miles Of Roadway Stuck Picking Up Rubbish

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Courtesy/NMDOT

By ROBERT NOTT
SFNM:

State transportation crews tasked with maintaining and upgrading 31,000 lane miles of roadway are increasingly caught up in a trashier chore.

Picking up rubbish.

Up to 90,000 work hours are dedicated to the job each year, at a cost of about $3.2 million, Rick Padilla, executive director of highway operations for the New Mexico Department of Transportation, told lawmakers Thursday.

“It’s one of the areas that is extremely demoralizing to maintenance crews,” Padilla said, speaking during a presentation to the House Transportation, Read More

State Police Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols Across New Mexico Counties In February 2021

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NMSP News:

Statewide — New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will be conducting sobriety checkpoints; saturation patrols; and registration, insurance and driver’s license checks in all New Mexico counties during the month of February 2021.

NMSP is bringing awareness to these events in an effort to reduce alcohol related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising. These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about drinking and driving.

Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make the right decision Read More