Thank you for your response.  As you may suspect, there are widely divergent views on the proposed improvements, in particular with regard to the need for and the width of shoulders.  I encourage you and others with an interest in this project to stay engaged through public hearing (later this summer) to ensure your views are considered.  Feedback from the users of the highway, as well as the residents within the study area, is important and will be considered in reaching a final decision.  You are on our mailing list and will be notified when the hearing is scheduled.

We did not include this in the summary (as it is a technical detail that the general public does not relate to), but the NMDOT has agreed to place the friction course overlay the full width of the road surface so that it extends to the outside edge of the shoulders. 

Feel free to direct any questions or other comments to my attention.

Thanks.

David Pennington