Gallup road milling starts June 22 on Gladden and Valentina drives

Drivers on Gladden Avenue and Valentina Drive faced a two-week construction stretch that began June 22 and ran through July 3, with milling work centered near Mollica Drive, Mark Avenue and Boyd Avenue. The city set crews to work from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, leaving weekends open but slowing weekday trips, school runs and deliveries through the corridor.

The biggest impact fell on residents who live along those streets and on commuters cutting through the neighborhood. Milling equipment can narrow the roadway and limit curbside access, so homes near the work zone could see short delays getting in and out of driveways, while nearby businesses had to prepare for less convenient customer access and occasional reroutes. The city asked drivers to expect delays and use alternate routes when possible.

Paving was planned for later, after the milling phase removed the old surface and prepared the street for the next step in the project. That means the disruption was not just a one-day patch but a staged road job that affected traffic first and the finished roadway later.

Gallup Public Works, which handles street maintenance, engineering, project management, building construction and maintenance, and the Gallup Municipal Airport, said questions could go to its office on the second floor of City Hall at 110 W. Aztec Ave. The department’s main number is (505) 863-1290, and the Gallup Sun notice also listed (505) 726-2041.

The city also asked residents to treat street department employees with respect and kindness while the work was underway. The notice landed during a busy run of summer street work in Gallup, after earlier June milling plans for Sagebrush Lane and Arnold Street signaled a broader maintenance push across town as crews moved multiple road projects forward in the same season.