NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – While snow and ice are hitting eastern New Mexico, the metro faces rain and colder temperatures overnight into Saturday. City officials in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Santa Fe said they already have crews prepared to treat roads.
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While the forecast doesn’t bring snow chances to Albuquerque until Saturday night, the cold is the bigger story for Friday night. The city said it will have snowplows on standby and warming stations ready to help those in need. “So it’s a multi-department approach, and the city is fully prepared, and we have folks on standby all weekend as well for contingency plans, in case we need to add additional beds, we are prepared for that too. And especially those warming centers if we need to get those up and running,” said Rebecca Atkins, Spokesperson for the City of Albuquerque.
Albuquerque’s Department of Municipal Development and Solid Waste will be clearing roads and monitoring conditions through the weekend. Albuquerque Fire Rescue is warning people to be cautious with space heaters and fireplaces. Albuquerque Community Safety will be out helping transport anyone who may need shelter. Albuquerque has listed all resources in a Facebook post linked here…