Friday schedule: What’s delayed and what’s closed
Friday Schedule:
Sun Metro: regular schedule, some delays
2-HOUR DELAY
Anthony ISD
Western Technical College
El Paso ISD
YISD
William Beaumont Army Medical Center
New Mexico Farm and Ranch museum
El Paso Housing Authority
10 A.M. Open
City of El Paso
City of Las Cruces
City of Socorro
In collaboration with the Office of Emergency Management, the National Weather Services and the County Road and Bridge Department, the El Paso County Courthouse will have a delayed opening today, Friday, January 4, 2013 due to dangerous road conditions. The Courthouse is expected to resume regular business at 10:00AM today, unless weather conditions worsen.
UTEP
Judge Martinez: U.S. Courthouse will have a delayed opening at 10 a.m.
New Mexico District courts
El Paso Public Libraries
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico State University Las Cruces campus and DACC
The Children’s Garden Child Development Centers will open at 10:00 am tomorrow morning due to weather conditions.
Milan Institute of Cosmetology
Volar CIL
YWCA opening at 10 a.m.
El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau
Wells Fargo
Children’s Kingdom Learning Center is open from 10am-5pm today.
Other times
All El Paso Water Utilities employees working at plants and those on a24/7schedule should report to work as usual today;All EPWU employees not working at a plant or on a24/7schedule should report to workon a one-hour delay.
The El Paso Zoo will be opening at noon due to icy pathways on zoo grounds.Zoo employees will have a delayed opening at 10 a.m.
Due to unsafe driving conditions during the morning hours, all eight (8) Project BRAVO offices in El Paso County will offer only limited services from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. today, Friday, January 4, 2013. Clients who need services or who have scheduled appointments are asked to contact their designated Neighborhood Center by phone if they have any questions or concerns.
A place to grow child development center opening at 9 a.m.
Kaplan College is Open Today with Normal business hours
Due to inclement weather conditions, there will be delayed reporting on Friday, Jan. 4 for all Holloman AFB personnel. Alamogordo area and base residents will report at 8 a.m. Las Cruces, El Paso and mountain area residents will report at 12 p.m. Mid-shift workers overnight tonight, Jan. 3-4, WILL NOT REPORT. Please use extreme caution when driving in winter weather conditions, and use your best judgment in choosing to drive during the storm. The outbound lane of the west gate will be CLOSED tomorrow morning, Jan. 4, to minimize traffic risk entering U.S. 70. For mission-essential personnel, the CDC and DFAC will maintain normal operating hours. Please contact your supervisor with questions regarding these reporting instructions, and check our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/HollomanOnFB, often for updates.
Speaking Rock Entertainment Center will be open normal operating hours.
CLOSED FRIDAY
White Sands Missile Range
Gadsden ISD
City of Sunland Park
Tigua government offices
Immanuel Christian School
Faith Christian Academy
Due to adverse weather conditions and our concern for the safety of our patrons and volunteers the Playhouse has decided to postpone the opening night production of “Sherlock Holmes and the First English Gentleman”. The performance scheduled for this evening, Friday January 4th at 8pm has been cancelled. We will celebrate opening night tomorrow, Saturday January 5th at 8pm. Join us for our Opening Night Reception where we will have free food with the purchase of your ticket.
Socorro Entertainment Center and Cacique Restaurant will be closed today.
TRASH PICK-UP
El Paso trash schedule regular
No recyclables in El Paso
Las Cruces – no decision yet. If it’s not picked up Friday, it will be picked up Saturday.
Roads
Spur 601 is open
NM DOT: The westbound lanes on I-10 from Las Cruces to Deming are now open. Eastbound lanes are still closed.
Loop 375 eastbound from Pan American to Padres has been OPENED
Current Closures
NM-404 (Anthony Gap) is closed
US-70 to White Sands is closed
Montana: Hueco Tanks to New Mexico
I-10 in Hudspeth County
Trans Mountain
Scenic Drive
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) has updated their roadway advisory site with the following entries:
These routes are snow packed and icy, with slick roadways.
DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS:
I-10: Texas state line to Arizona state line is OPEN with wet slick roadways
I-25: Las Cruces to Williamsburg, NM wet and slick roadways, proceed with caution
US-70 Las Cruces area is now OPEN with snow packed and wet, slick roadways, proceed with caution
US-180 Hurley to Deming is snow packed and icy, proceed with caution
NM-9 East of Columbus, NM – SEVERE driving conditions, driving is discouraged.
NM-11/Deming to Columbus, NM: Wet with icy spots
NM-78 Mule Creek area, wet slick roadways, proceed with caution
NM 90 Lordsburg to Silver City, NM wet slick roadways, proceed with caution
NM 159 Mogollon, NM roads are icy in spots please reduce speed and use extreme caution
NM-404 Anthony to Chaparral, NM-SEVERE Driving conditions
Silver City area – NM-15; NM-35 and NM-152 are snow packed and icy in spots, proceed with caution
Please note that all state routes and secondary roadways for Dona Ana, Luna and Grant counties are reporting difficult driving conditions. The NMDOT encourages motorists to travel with caution.
