Hwy 70 The Movie
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10/06/2009 12:56 pm

This month a movie is being shot in Las Cruces. Awesome, right? Finally some of those New Mexico film incentives benefiting us down south, right? Then everything came to a screeching halt... literally on Hwy 70.

Having a movie shot in LC is great because money will be pumped into all the businesses that these temporary residents use. However, the shut down on 70 illustrated something much more important, the need to finish and pass the county and city comprehensive transportation plan.

Here are a few videos with my thoughts:


On the first day of shooting I used Twitter to keep people posted on what traffic was like. Here are some of the tweets:

Hwy 70 between Sonoma and Roadrunner closed between 6:30am and 6:30pm on Oct 6, Oct 11-14 and Oct 17-25 (except 23). Huge delays!

Hwy 70 update: A resident who lives on east mesa just told me she's been on 70 for 32 minutes and has made it 3 miles (maybe).

Hwy 70: It took a friend 1.5 hours to get from Mesa Grande to Roadrunner (between 7:20 and 8:40am)

Hwy 70: Another resident, after sitting in traffic for 30 min, turned around and went east to Baylor Canyon

Hwy 70: One resident went north around Las Colinas to Del Rey and went back east to his gym on Sonoma Ranch Blvd




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Scott Krahling
10/07/2009 12:53 pm

The point regarding the negative impact that the drive time has had on our economy is a very good one. The Department of Transportation has worked out an amendment to the schedule that will move the future weekday closures to be between the hours of 9am and 3pm.

There was also a delay is children getting to school. I believe that the last bus of kids to get to Onate arrived after 10am. Some teachers also had issues getting to work on time.

Another point worth making is that this has given us first hand experience with what happens in our community when Hwy 70 shuts down. This will be extremely valuable information to our emergency responders.

Patricia Knowles
10/07/2009 12:11 pm

I watched your video and found it very informative. However, I haven't heard anyone talk about the economic impact on drivers sitting for 30, 40, 50 minutes in traffic, burning gasoline, missing work or school. Seem that if the state signed off on this "movie filming" then they should be willing to give Las Crucans a discount on gasoline by way of a reduction in gasoline tax!

 
 
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