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Streets

The Ruidoso Downs Street Department is dedicated to improving and maintaining City Streets. The department employees perform such projects as:

Building and widening roads
Constructing curbs
Gutters
Improving drainage
Sidewalks
Stabilizing slopes
Traffic signals, signs and striping

The Street Department also works to keep Ruidoso Downs' streets safer by removing snow and controlling ice during inclement winter weather, repairing potholes, and sweeping streets in the warmer seasons. The Street Department is under the umbrella of the Division of Public Works.

Public Works Snow Removal Procedure

Calls for service during normal working hours will be handled by Street Department Personnel. Calls for service during off hours will be handled by the Police Department. (Notification of unsafe or high accumulations of snow above 3 inches shall notify the Streets Department.)
Different procedures may be followed depending on the severity or type of weather.
City Crews will plow and salt the streets in the following order:

Downs Drive, City Hall, and Fire Department
Streets that have a steep approach to highway 70.
Bus Routes
City streets throughout Ruidoso Downs (with North facing hills first).
All other City streets and City Parking lots