City: Inspection needed before Pebble Hills-Zaragoza opens

residents asking questions. the intersection at pebble hills and zaragosa was a city project that began a year ago. it’s supposed to alleviate traffic in nearby roads and drivers in the area say the intersection looks finished so why hasn’t it opened? abc-7’s jerry najera is live with the story … rick estela city officials tell me about 24-thousand drivers pass right by this intersection daily. drivers i spoke with tell me this intersection if open would cut a lot of time in their commute to work or school. city officials broke ground on this intersection at pebble hills and zaragoza in november. the cost of the project including the design came with a price tag of 2.5 million dollars. city officials say this project will fill in an important missing link in far east el paso’s transportation network which will help drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists get where they’re going quickly and more safely. but right now –the intersection is closed. “a lot of us that hav to go on 375 we have to go all the way around” “i have to g around” drivers have to go out of their way to get to loop 375 or face the traffic “they are taking a bit too long to open it it’s ready i don’t see why they can’t open it already” many drivers like patty boren say it looks finished! so why don’t they open it? the city tells me the intersection still needs to be inspected. “our contractor and the city of el paso and it’s various departments are going to look at that area closely to see..we look at the bush’s to see if any have died and they need to be replaced before it’s opened we also have to look at the markings that are up to code. the reason we do this is because we want to make sure we don’t have any more lane closures for the area” the 4th of july weekend was a success for fireworks vendors – have to look at the markings that are up to code. the reason we do this is because we want to make sure we don’t have any more lane closures for the area” the 4th of july weekend was a success for fireworks vendors – but not so so much for