Stripes touch-up set for Highway 550 at I-25

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BLINDED BY THE MEDIAN BRUSH ON ALAMEDA: Epi Gurule called to say its tough trying to get out of his driveway on Alameda, between Guadalupe Trails north and south, because the median is so overgrown and blocks sightlines.

Its quite dangerous and been that way for quite awhile, he said.

David Mitchell, the head of Bernalillo Countys Operations and Maintenance Department, says new medians are coming after the Paseo del Norte rebuild is completed. But until then, the county is planning some spring cleaning, dropping only non-peak traffic lanes.

In fact, crews found three plants in the formal sight triangle at this intersection, with branches encroaching into the triangle. Our road supervisor went a little further and made nice popsicle trees out of a number of them in that area until after PDN is over and Parks can go in and extend the tidier and mostly treeless landscaping started near Fourth and extend it west.

That work will be done on a legislative grant that will require traffic control and lane drops on Alameda to build, which are not allowed at present during PDN construction.

Also in the meantime, the countys Parks Department has sprayed pre-emergents where possible to keep weeds from coming up this spring, but normal inmate and other intensive cleaning labor also need lane drops and barricading for worker safety. Either way, beautification of the median will mostly wait for PDN.

These photos show the before and after views in reference to median landscaping trimming on Alameda near Guadalupe Trail. (Courtesy of Bernalillo County)

TROUBLE SEEING THE NEW US 550/I-25: Judith Turner emails that heading either north or south onto Interstate 25 from the new highway 550 project in Bernalillo, the white lines are very difficult to see, both during the day and at night. Do you know if this problem will be remedied soon before there is a tragic accident?

Yes.

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Stripes touch-up set for Highway 550 at I-25