Pajarito road is currently impassible by bike due to fresh oil sprayed from edge to edge. Same thing appears to be happening on E/W Jemez in neighborhood of TA-3.
Mike
Here is more from LANL.
A LANL road project currently is in progress and is expected to be
complete by Friday, Sept. 18. The Laboratory's main arterial
road surfaces are being treated with an asphalt emulsion intended to extend the
service life of the pavement. The following road sections will be worked on
this week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.:
- East Jemez (Truck Route) from NM 4 to the Omega Canyon Bridge
- West Jemez from West Jemez to NM 4
- Pajarito Road from Diamond Drive to NM 4.
The treatment sets up and road surfaces are drivable within 20
minutes. Traffic control will be in place as sections are treated. Motorists
should expect delays and are asked not to drive on treated areas until traffic-control
personnel direct them to do so.
Once dry, the road is fine to bike on. --KJS
2 comments:
WTF? I wasn't planning to ride to work Monday, so I can assess the mess while driving. Saturday, I saw some spraying of West Jemez, but it was very limited in area.
My perception of LANL road work is they completely ignore cycling safety. I saw nothing on-line stating they were doing this work over the weekend.
A few additional issues: When is LANL going to do 10 feet x 2 feet of paving at the west Pajarito VAP entrance so we can cycle into the VAP without dueling with impatient, speeding Lab employees? When is LANL going to fix the steam grating at Diamond/Jemez so cyclists don't have to divert attention to avoiding the slot gaps that would cause a serious crash
These are, of course, rhetorical comments, because I already know the answer is probably never, but certainly not before I retire.
I could list more traffic safety issues that I'm tired of submitting to Safety at LANL. I have decided I will just ride defensively :-)
Jerry
I brought up the problem of "Tar Snakes" (see link) a couple years ago when it looked like LANL had upended a truck full of liquid tar at the main VAPs. As you say, its not clear to me either that two wheeled safety is high on the list of LANL or the DOE.
http://www.motorcycletraining.com/team-arizona-riding-tip-august-2012-take-the-bite-out-of-tar-snakes/
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