The US 70 project is located in the Portales city limits in Roosevelt County, New Mexico and is an urban, arterial street/highway that serves local and regional traffic. The limits of the US 70 improvements for this project start at MP 421.6 (West of Avenue O) and proceed east past downtown to MP 423.6 (Bryan Avenue). This project is a continuation of an overall Portales Transportation Plan (PTP) study that was completed by the City of Portales back in August 2007.

The following link contains the proposed build typical section alternates that will be carried forward into the Phase 1C Environmental Document process along with the “no-build” alternate. Alternate Sections

Please review the alternatives and provide your comments as to which alternate you would prefer to see constructed on the attached comment form. Comment Form

A formal public hearing for the project will be held in late 2009 to document all the environmental impacts and allow the public to provide formal comments on the overall project.

This project included final roadway and drainage design for the reconstruction of approximately 1.0 km of urban roadway on US-281 in Osborne, Kansas. A new vertical alignment was established to accommodate the addition of an underground storm drainage system.

When the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) began evaluating the impacts of realigning Interstate 25 through Colorado Springs, one inescapable conclusion was that a noise barrier would have to be built to reduce traffic noise to acceptable levels in adjacent neighbor-hoods.