COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County services such as mail delivery, trash and recycling collection, and emergency services will be maintained for each project detailed below.
Residents and businesses will often experience large equipment and construction noise.
Motorists and pedestrians are advised to always use caution and slow down around construction activities and avoid entering work zones outside of designated detour paths.
Road and Utility Work:
North Mesa & North Community Pavement Preservation Project
- Location: 39th, 37th, 36th, North Mesa Road, San Ildefonso Road, Stoneview Drive
- Date: Through Oct. 5
- Time: Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (weather permitting)
- Impact: Vehicles will not be allowed to park on the roadway during working hours. Flaggers may direct traffic during certain construction events. A pilot car will be in used on San Ildefonso Road.
- Contact: Public Works Department at 505.662.8150
Pavement markings removal and installation
- Location: Diamond Drive and Central Ave./15th St.
- Date: Through Oct 10
- Time: 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Impact: Vehicle traffic will be shifted partially to accommodate road work.
- Contact: Traffic & Streets Division at 505.662.8113
Jemez Mountain Fire Protection Project water pipeline installation
- Location: West Road and Camp May Road, Los Alamos
- Date: Through November 2025
- Time: Monday-Thursday
- Impact: Camp May Road closed Monday- Thursday, as are trails accessible from Camp May Road. Entrance/exit to Camp May is closed and locked from Sunday afternoon until Friday morning.
- Contact: Customer Care Center at 505.662.8333
Sidewalks and curb and gutter replacement
- Location: Cheryl Ave. and Aragon Ave., White Rock
- Date: Through Oct. 10
- Time: 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Impact: Periodic sidewalk and lane closures
- Contact: Traffic & Streets Division at 505.662.8113
ADA Ramp Installation at Pinon Elementary School and Valley Gutter Repair – Piñon School Access Road Construction
- Location: Sherwood Blvd. at Pinon Elementary School, White Rock
- Date: Through Oct. 31
- Time: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Impact: Sidewalk Closure and road work ahead
- Contact: LA Public Schools Project
Crack Sealing
- Location: Sioux, Cheyenne, Iroquois, Seminole, Yuma, and Ute streets, Broadview and Estates Drives, Tiffany Ct. Kristi Lane, Scotts Way, Cooper and Mountain View Place in Los Alamos.
- Date: Oct. 15-17
- Time: 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
- Impact: Moving flagging operation and temporary lane closures.
- Contact: Traffic & Streets Division at 505.662.8113
- Location: Aztec, Fort Union, Bandelier, Connie and Carlsbad Avenues; Agate and Beryl Streets; Santolina, El Morro, Verbena, Aster, Yarrow, and Lantana in White Rock
- Date: Through Oct. 14
- Time: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Impact: Moving flagging operation and temporary lane closures.
- Contact: Traffic & Streets Division at 505.662.8113
LANL: Rockfall remediation on East Jemez Road
- Location: East Jemez Road , by the slopes from mile marker 7 to 7.5
- Date: Sept. 29 through December
- Time: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week
- Impact: The right-hand truck lane traveling west will be CLOSED for the duration of the project. E. Jemez Road (Truck Route) will have a FULL ROAD CLOSURE on the following weekends: October 11-12, 18-19, 25-26, Nov. 1-2, and 8-9 from Saturday at 6 a.m. through Sunday at 4 p.m.
- Contact: LANL Project
Special Events:
- EVENT: 45th Annual Fall Craft Fair
- Location: Central Park Square and Downtown Los Alamos
- Date: Oct. 4
- Time: 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Impact: Significant increase in pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle traffic expected around the time of the event – especially at the beginning and end for vendor set-up and tear-down.
- Contact: Los Alamos Arts Council at 505.662.1635
Ongoing Projects:
These projects in process have not experienced significant changes since the previous report. Click HERE to find more information about each project on the Cone Zone page or click on the project link below.
- Utility Work on Grand Canyon Continues
- Elk Ridge Natural Gas Pipeline Replacement
- Broadband Field Work
- Fencing to be installed around Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Health Research Laboratory
- LAFD Hydrant Testing Continues
- Hill Apartments: Realignment of 35th Street at Trinity Drive
- (NM-502)/Pavilion Construction
Dept. of Public Utilities – Pending Road Work:
Work to fix roads damaged in the course of underground utility repairs is pending for the following locations:
- Balboa Drive at Grand Canyon Drive – concrete
- Grand Canyon Drive – concrete
- Motel 6, Trinity Drive – concrete
- 7080 West Road – concrete
- 936 & 940 Alamo Road – asphalt
- 122 Aztec Ave. – concrete and asphalt