Gallup to mill Sagebrush Lane this week, parking banned

Sagebrush Lane was under a five-day milling project that began June 8 and was scheduled to run through June 12, with crews working from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. City officials said paving would follow later, and the biggest immediate impact for residents, commuters and nearby businesses was clear: the street was a work zone, not a place to count on for normal parking or routine travel.

The City of Gallup Street Department asked drivers not to park on Sagebrush Lane during the milling. Any vehicle left on the street could be towed at the owner’s expense, a warning that made the parking restriction more than a courtesy notice. For people living along the corridor, that meant planning ahead for driveway access, moving vehicles before crews arrived and expecting construction noise and slower movement near the work area.

The city set the work window at 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, which signaled when the heaviest disruption was likely to hit. Anyone crossing the area during those hours could expect equipment in the roadway, delays and the possibility of having to choose another route if traffic backed up around the work zone. The paving phase was not tied to a specific day in the notice, only that it would come later.

Gallup Public Works handles street maintenance, engineering and project management, and the department told residents with questions to call (505) 863-1290 or stop by City Hall at 110 W. Aztec Ave. The city’s Streets & Storm Drainage division lists roadway maintenance, pothole repair, pavement crack sealing and pavement seal coating among its duties, part of the same maintenance cycle that brought crews to Sagebrush Lane.

The milling project also fit a pattern of summer street work across Gallup, where warm-weather construction windows have been used for surface repairs and related street projects. In February, the city posted a separate notice for temporary road closures and detours tied to curb, gutter and sidewalk repair at Aztec and Ford Drive, and in June 2025 it announced milling and paving work on Rehoboth Drive.

Sagebrush Lane itself appears on the city’s street index map, underscoring its place in Gallup’s local roadway network. In a city that recorded 3,600 crashes on streets and highways from 2016 through 2020, including 862 involving a major injury or fatality, even a short milling job carries broader weight. The city’s safety plans frame that work as part of keeping streets functional and safer for everyone who uses them.