Traffic-signal maintenance Feb. 23 at U.S. 66 and Arnold Street

The City of Gallup Electric Department performed required maintenance on the traffic signal at the intersection of Highway 66 and Arnold Street on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, the city posted in a public notice. The work took place between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., and the Electric Department asked drivers to "perform extreme caution while driving westbound," directing questions to Utility Dispatch at (505) 863-1200.

The notice appeared on the City of Gallup website as a headline reading "Public Notice - Traffic Light Maintenance 2/23/2026" with subheads listing "Monday - February 23, 2026" and "Between 9:00AM - 3:00PM." The city page identified the site as "Intersection: Highway 66 and Arnold St." and included the header "Caution driving West Bound." The page also displayed a flyer link prompt reading "Pleas click here to see Flyer..." and duplicated the traffic-maintenance block in its news flash listings.

Gallup Sun published the same advisory under the headline "# ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES TRAFFIC LIGHT MAINTENANCE," credited to Gallup Sun Publishing / Staff Reports. Gallup Sun reproduced the city language, including the line "The Electric Department will be performing required maintenance of the City’s Electrical System Feb. 23," and carried the Utility Dispatch contact number (505) 863-1200. The local paper’s web page presented the item among related posts and included social-share prompts for X and Facebook.

City and newspaper postings gave precise scheduling but did not list operational details of the signal during the work. Neither the City of Gallup notice nor the Gallup Sun item stated whether the traffic light would be taken out of service, set to flash, or remain fully functional during the 9 a.m.–3 p.m. window. The notices also did not specify lane closures, detours, the number of crews on site, or the use of flaggers or temporary traffic control.

The municipal posting sits alongside other utility notices on the City site, including a separate "Public Notice - Electric Dept. Sunshine Substation Outage 2/27/2026," showing the Electric Department’s ongoing scheduling of maintenance items. For the Feb. 23 traffic-signal work the city listed Utility Dispatch at (505) 863-1200 as the contact for questions; Gallup Sun carried the same phone number in its Staff Reports summary.

Residents and motorists using U.S. 66 through Gallup encountered the scheduled maintenance on Feb. 23 within the published three-hour window as documented by the City of Gallup public notice and mirrored in Gallup Sun’s staff report. The postings provided the date, intersection, time window, safety admonition for westbound drivers, and the municipal contact number as the official record of the event.