Las Cruces: The New Mexico Department of Transportation District One office (NMDOT) along with White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) has posted two alerts for Tuesday August 29, 2017 for US 70.

Roadblocks are scheduled to begin block 6:50 am for approximately 1 hour and should be lifted at 7:50 am, then blocked again at 8:20 am for approximately 1 hour and should be lifted at 9:20 am. This block will be located at Blue Block (2 miles east of the access road) Mile Marker 172 and Yellow Block (White Sands National Monument) Mile Marker 200. LC Gate and Owen Road are NOT affected. Nike Ave will be affected by this block.

All roadblocks are subject to change without notice, please call 575-678-1178 for updates go to Facebook: www.facebook.com/WSMRPublicAffairs; Twitter: https://twitter.com/wsmrpao or New Mexico Department of Transportation: www.nmroads.com.