Public Meeting On Chaco Canyon Road 11/15/07 in Albuquerque, NM

Your Input Needed!

The New Mexico Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration, in cooperation with San Juan County, has initiated a study to evaluate alternatives for improving the unpaved portion of San Juan County Road 7950, the roadway providing primary vehicular access to Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

DATE: Thursday, November 15

WHERE: NMDOT District 3 Office
7500 Pan American Freeway, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109

TIME: 6:00 pm: Open House
6:30 pm: Staff Presentation
7:00 pm: Public Comments

If you are interested in the project, but are unable to attend the meeting, please contact John Taschek, at TEC, (505) 821-4700. Comments will be accepted at the meeting or can be mailed to John Taschek at 8901 Adams, N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87113, or e-mailed to taschek@aol.com. Requests for Americans with Disabilities Act-related accommodations should also be directed to John Taschek.

For Talking Points Contact Nathan Newcomer (nathan@nmwild.org)

http://www.protect-chacocanyon-blog.com/
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2 thoughts on “Public Meeting On Chaco Canyon Road 11/15/07 in Albuquerque, NM”

  1. Paving the road to chaco canyon will destroy the essence of the place. It will be gone forever. If you take a poll (I took an informal one when I visited there from Hawaii last September) of all the cars driving into the canyon, you’ll find that over 90% of the visitors want the road to remain unpaved. The native Americans also want the road unpaved. Who, then, is pushing the plan to pave the road? Whoever they are, it is obvious from their intensity and defensiveness that they have hidden intentions. A paved road will be less safe because it will incourage speeding.

  2. DO NOT PAVE THAT ROAD. I have been in love with Chaco Canyon since I discovered it 15 years ago. I live in Kansas and have traveled great distance to visit about 7 times. The reason for its attraction is that it is the only spot that is so primitive and out of the way. It is not trampled by visitors and one can enjoy the vistas without the sight of people everywhere like Mesa Verde. One can still imagine and feel what it must have been like in 1000 AD. That would be destroyed by more pavement, handrails, trash and trashcans, traffic, noise etc, etc. The site is already endangered. LEAVE IT ALONE. IF ITS NOT BROKE…..DONT FIX IT. Let it remain a sight for the more serious and studious visitor………who want to experience things in depth.

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