By BRIENNE GREEN
Daily Press Editor
Amidst much laughter, the Artesia City Council wanted to make one point particularly clear to the public during Tuesday’s meeting at City Hall: The patch job on Main Street had nothing to do with them.
The portion of Main (U.S. 82) between 13th and Seventh streets had fallen into serious disrepair in recent months with large ruts running both east and westbound. That prompted Mayor Phillip Burch and Infrastructure Director Byron Landfair to invite the State Highway Department’s District 2 engineer to Artesia to experience the damage. … For the rest of the story, subscribe in print and on the web.
