{"id":72016,"date":"2017-03-15T23:31:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T05:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/road-p-through-cash-canyon-stays-open\/"},"modified":"2017-03-16T05:31:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T05:31:16","slug":"road-p-through-cash-canyon-stays-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/road-p-through-cash-canyon-stays-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Road P through Cash Canyon stays open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=7f9a9987-bb17-4232-8503-94c4d5976bb8&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1933\" height=\"1318\" alt=\"File photo&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Montezuma County commission denied a request to close the Cash Canyon section of Road P in heavy snow conditions.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">File photo&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Montezuma County commission denied a request to close the Cash Canyon section of Road P in heavy snow conditions.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>After hearing from disgruntled residents, the Montezuma County Commission voted 3-0 to deny a request by the road department to close a short section of Road P in heavy snow conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not elected to close roads,\u201d said commissioner Larry Don Suckla. \u201cOnce you take away the freedom of the people, it does not go back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Road P between Road 31 and Road 32 crosses Cash Canyon and can get treacherous in winter.<\/p>\n<p>Road supervisor Rob Englehart said the section is difficult to clear of snow, and public vehicles tend to get stuck. Alternative routes are longer.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested it be closed during severe conditions with unlocked gates, and that signs be installed warning drivers it is not regularly maintained in winter.<\/p>\n<p>By gating it without a lock, the public will get the hint to avoid it, he said, and give plow crews time to clear it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they go through, they know what they\u2019re getting into,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Several residents said they rely on the route.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been driving it for 15 years to work and always give myself plenty of time,\u201d a commuter said.<\/p>\n<p>Eva Horne said it\u2019s the fastest route for emergency responders to her neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s closed, they would have to go around, and that takes more time,\u201d she said. \u201cIt should be maintained just like any other county road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Englehart said road crews would continue to plow the section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>department sought storm closure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,60,259,414],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-72016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-montezuma-county","tag-transportation","tag-weather"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72016","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=72016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72016"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=72016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}