Dust Mitigation Monitoring Project, Phase II
Since 2015, the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) has programmed $2.5 million in Highway Safety Improvement Program {HSIP) funds for dust mitigation activities at the Lordsburg Playa on both sides of I-10. In 2018, dust mitigation efforts in the Southern Playa (Road Forks) area were initiated including livestock exclusion, keyline plowing, printing, seeding, tackifier, and fencing. In 2020 and 2021, dust mitigation efforts in the Northern Playa area were initiated including livestock exclusion, channel/erosion control, keyline plowing, printing, seeding, tackifier and fencing. OBJECTIVE: The objective of Phase II study is to determine the effectiveness of land use interventions on mitigating blowing dust and the frequency of dust-related traffic crashes. The primary goal for future implementation is to determine land use interventions that will be effective in future instances of localized blowing dust to prevent crashes due to visibility loss caused by blowing dust
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $399,101.00
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Contract Numbers:
R922060
C06365
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Sponsor Organizations:
New Mexico Department of Transportation
1120 Cerrillos Road
P.O. Box 1149
Sante Fe, NM United States 87504-1149 Las Cruces, NM United States 88003 -
Project Managers:
Henderson, Tesha
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Principal Investigators:
Edwards, Brandon
- Start Date: 20220516
- Expected Completion Date: 20260516
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Dust control; Highway maintenance; Land use; Traffic safety
- Geographic Terms: New Mexico
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01962493
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: New Mexico Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: R922060, C06365
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Aug 5 2025 11:25AM