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Zozobra displaces Santa Fe park and ride users next week

Old Man Gloom usually comes out on the losing end of the battle. But next week, at least for two days, he's king of the hill.

Because of the annual burning of Zozobra on Sept. 4, Laboratory workers who park at Fort Marcy Ballpark and commute to work from Santa Fe will have to park at one of two different locations.

Next Wednesday through Friday, Sept. 3 through 5, the park-and-ride parking lot at Fort Marcy Ballpark is being used to assemble the wood and paper puppet. On these days, park-and-ride users can park either at the state Department of Transportation's lot on Cerrillos Road, or at the south side park-and-ride lot near Jaguar Drive and south Cerrillos Road, said Beverly Friedman, a department spokesperson.

"Some delays may be experienced because of this change in schedule, but every effort will be made to have park and ride buses arrive on time," said Friedman.

The parking lot at Fort Marcy Ballpark will be available for use again on Monday, Sept. 8.

The commuter bus service provides transportation to Los Alamos and Espanola from Santa Fe. Rides cost $1 each way.

All Aboard America provides the commuter bus service on contract for the state road agency.

Since the service began in May, about 3,000 passengers are using the service weekly. For the week of Aug. 11-15, the last full week of service, 2,937 commuters used the service.

The buses stop at and near Technical Area 3 and on Central Avenue near 20th Street downtown.

For more information, contact Josette Lucero of the Department of Transportation at 827-1577 or Dan Villa of All Aboard America at 424-1110.

To see a schedule of routes, click here. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

-- Steve Sandoval

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