Dec. 15, 2004

Bicycle access to Pajarito Road during holiday closure

In addition to John Mosher's comment of Dec. 13 concerning the convenience of allowing badged Laboratory personnel access to Pajarito Road over the holiday closure, I also would point out that a significant number of bicyclists ride on Pajarito Road on a nearly daily basis as part of larger "loop rides." Forbidding them access to Pajarito Road will almost certainly result in a much larger number of cyclists on the truck route and the (decidedly more dangerous) stretch of NM 4 between White Rock and the NM 4/East Jemez Road (truck route) intersection. I encourage Laboratory management to reconsider this aspect of their decision to close Pajarito Road during the closure.

--Tommy Sewell