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The New Mexico Environmental Health Division provides food requirement decals at no charge to restaurants. For information, call 505-771-5980. APPROVED MUSEUM CAFE, NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE, 1801 MOUNTAIN ROAD NW (Dec. 13) Hand sink stocked with soap and paper towels. Miscellaneous temperatures 41 degrees F. Thermometers present. Sanitizer 200 ppm quaternary ammonium. Test strips available. Note: NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) commercial equipment present. N.M. 528 HAS EARNED NEW STRIPES: A reader emails a request for “re-striping for N.M. 528 between Corrales/Coors and Westside Boulevard in Rio Rancho” and explains “when I drive into Rio Rancho from the Heights, before sunup, it’s hard to see the striping.”
The New Mexico Department of Transportation agrees. District 3 spokesman Phil Gallegos says “this section of road is scheduled for thermo-plastic striping (a heavy tape that has a longer life) in the spring because of the temperatures needed for application. In the meantime, we will see if we can put down some fresh painted stripes till then.” BIKE TRAIL CAMERAS DON’T RECORD: Last week a reader renewed the concern over the new bike trail monitoring stations that track usage on the Bosque Trail in order to justify dollars spent on maintenance and expansion. And the county wants to emphasize this is not Big Brother out to track down everything on two wheels. David Mitchell, director of Operations and Maintenance, says the cameras are similar to those used to monitor traffic at intersections because, unlike embedded magnetic loop detectors, they can also sense cyclists and pedestrians. “That’s all these trail monitoring cameras are doing,” he explains. “They are not capturing and storing any images. They are sensor cameras. No camera systems in the region, including those on the freeways which go to the same Mid-Region Council of Governments management center as these bike/pedestrian sensors, or city streets to my knowledge (since red-light citation cameras were removed) store any images. There is no capability to ‘pull the tape’ of an intersection and watch an accident, for example. It’s all real-time monitoring.” Assistant editorial page editor D’Val Westphal tackles commuter issues for the Metro area on Mondays and West Siders and Rio Ranchoans on Thursdays. Reach her at 823-3858; road@abqjournal.com; P.O. Drawer J, Albuquerque, N.M. 87103; or go to ABQjournal.com/traffic to read previous columns and join in the conversation.
— This article appeared on page 20 of the Albuquerque Journal
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