At least three plows where spotted along the truck route clearing the road during Saturday’s snow storm. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
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Police Dispatch Reports Main Hill Road Now Open
LAPD News:
Los Alamos Police Dispatch just reported that the Main Hill Road was temporarily closed for snow removal but has just reopened.
Motorists are urged to drive with caution. Read More
N.M. 4/Truck Route Delineator Installation Sunday
COUNTY News:
The County of Los Alamos Public Works Department will be installing delineators at the intersection of N.M. 4 and the Truck Route 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 23.
For questions regarding this project, contact Los Alamos County Traffic Engineer Daniel Erickson at 505.663.1777 or email Public Works at LACPW@lacnm.us. Read More
Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes And Naval Postgraduate Program Target Safe Travel
Courtesy photo
Staff Report
Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes is taking part in the Naval Postgraduate Program and is enlisted as a member of a small working group that consists of a TSA agent, California Highway Patrol captain, Fairfax, Va., Fire captain, Seattle Police commander and deputy chief of the Tucson Police. As a class assignment, Hughes and his group have written several columns related to travel with the focus on how to be safe while traveling.
Here is the first column in the series:
Hello current and future travelers, welcome aboard! As our team embarks on our first ever adventure Read More
NCRTD Honored For Excellence In Financial Reporting
NCRTD News:The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its Fiscal Year 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada.
Acknowledged in the Certificate of Achievement was the NCRTD Finance Department including Finance Director Troy Bingham, Financial Analyst Pat Lopez and Finance Specialist Shannon Sandoval.
In announcing the award, NCRTD
Read More Griggs: Macaws On My Mind At Copán, Honduras
David Griggs poses with macaws in the interactive plaza at Macaw Mountain Bird Park & Nature Reserve. Courtesy photoBy DAVID H. GRIGGS
Foreign Correspondent
Los Alamos Daily Post
Posing with lavishly colored macaws perched on my head and arms was a great photo op and the highlight of the tour. Macaw Mountain Bird Park & Nature Reserve is a beautiful home for rescued birds in Copán Ruins, Honduras.
The history of bird park began on the Caribbean island of Roatan in the 1980s. Roatan resident and North American conservationist and bird lover, Mandy Wagner, began rescuing
Read More Letter To The Editor: Some Clarification For Dowden And The Central-NM502 Roundabout
By JOEL M. WILLIAMSLos Alamos
Yes, NMDOT is now responsible for the NM502 project design, construction, etc (via contracts).
Just when LA County ceased to be party to this project is not clear; at least to me. The county did spend monies to do the things from Knecht-DP to get Smith’s up and running. Did that remove them from further monetary participation in the project and leave the remainder of the project with the state?
If the project is solely state now, then the state can exercise right of eminent domain as the one in VA did with part of a cemetery
Read More RTD Mountain Trail Route Goes Year Round
NCRTD News:The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that its 255 RTD Mountain Trail route, which began Sept. 26, 2015 as a pilot public transit service has now been established as a year-round route.
The RTD Mountain Trail route provides bus transit from South Capitol Rail Runner Station to stops throughout Downtown, Fort Marcy Park and then up Hyde Park Rd. to recreational areas and businesses along NM 475 concluding at Ski Santa Fe.
“The NCRTD would like to thank all of the public, private and community supporters that
Read More NMDOT Prepared For Annual Pilgrimage To El Santuario De Chimayo
Pilgrims gather on Good Friday in 2013 at the El Santuario de Chimayó. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE – Today, the New Mexico Department of Transportation has announced that the Department has prepared safe walking areas along various New Mexico highways for the annual Good Friday Pilgrimage to the El Santuario de Chimayo (El Santuario).
NMDOT met with local emergency response personnel to prepare for this event and crews have been working over the past three weeks to prepare the various routes to El Santuario for pilgrims making the trek this year.
Through Good Read More
NMDOT: Roadway Reconstruction Kicks Off On NM 30 In Pueblo Of Santa Clara April 17
NMDOT News:
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) has begun roadway reconstruction on NM 30 from milepost 7.150 to milepost 7.610 in the Pueblo of Santa Clara.
Starting week of April 17: the contactor will begin construction on the west side shoulder of NM 30. They will be working on earthwork and subgrade activities. Traffic impacts will be minimal during this time. Motorists are advised to watch for heavy truck traffic turning in and out of the work zone.
Starting week of May 1: the contractor will begin detour paving and setting wall barrier. Traffic will be shifted to one side Read More