{"id":34493,"date":"2023-04-21T12:52:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/contractors-to-blow-up-truck-size-boulder\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T18:52:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:52:58","slug":"contractors-to-blow-up-truck-size-boulder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/contractors-to-blow-up-truck-size-boulder\/","title":{"rendered":"Contractors to blow up truck-size boulder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=2c12d98a-f4b4-5d5d-a58e-a9d2a3772224&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"864\" height=\"648\" alt=\"A truck-sized boulder fell onto County Road 243 north of Lemon Dam on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Rick Callies)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A truck-sized boulder fell onto County Road 243 north of Lemon Dam on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Rick Callies)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>It\u2019s been an explosive spring for Franklin Drilling and Blasting.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the company will demolish a truck-size boulder that fell last week on County Road 243 north of Lemon Dam. The work will begin at 9 a.m., and drivers should expect delays along with temporary road closures throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>The transition from frozen winter to the spring thaw has the local landscape shifting, resulting in potential damage to roads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelting snowpack and rainfall could cause mudslides and loosen other large objects and debris throughout the region,\u201d according to a news release from La Plata County. \u201cDrivers should be aware of these potential hazards this spring. Road repair is now underway throughout La Plata County as the weather allows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a county road and bridge crew worked with contractors from Franklin to blow up two rocks that had fallen along La Posta Road (County Road 213).<\/p>\n<p>The county reminds drivers to be aware of dangerous road conditions. To report road damage, call 382-6413 or fill out a road repair request form at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.laplata.co.us\/departments\/road_and_bridge\/repair_request_form.php\" id=\"link-f8871b0182c4574382ea31d7d0dbe4b2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/41RxOTt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-319e98ddfa166880bcf85b14de09c9d4\">Niko Peterson is an intern at The Durango Herald. He is a junior at Animas High School.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers should expect delays Tuesday on County Road 243 north of Lemon Dam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,475,2892,1685],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-34493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-la-plata-county-colorado","tag-lemon-reservoir","tag-road-work-and-conditions"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34493"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=34493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}