I-40 closure for Movie making???
Posted by Pete | Posted in News | Posted on 13-11-2009
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Well, I told you we had not heard the last of that little news item. The Feds have come down on the State of New Mexico for the closure and for not having a by-pass of some type to allow traffic to move through. They asked the question, “if the movie company had not stopped filming, would they have continued to block traffic?” As it was, traffic was backed up for ten miles. Once the New Mexico State Police was filming a “safety film” near the Double Eagle Airport one morning at work time, blocking traffic for a time. I wrote the Governor and he had the Captain of the State Police write me to inform me the closure was no longer than 10 minutes, which I dispute, it was more like 30 minutes, but the point is the film crews and the state have a disregard about shutting the roads down. It seems like they are thinking, “if we deem it to be good, then it is good”. And we still may not have heard the last of it…..You cannot impede the flow of interstate commerce, can you? A trucker with a load of strawberries going from California to New York is not concerned with a movie when he is responsible for that load making its destination on time and not spoiling….That’s his living and he is just one of many that have the time function concerns….Keep on and Larry Barker may get involved and you don’t want that guy after you…..


