If you are an eastsider and drive on Pellicano, you've probably hit a wall of traffic on between Loop 375 and Darrington Road. Things will get better but not until 2020.
If you do any amount of driving, you know that El Paso streets can sometimes be a minefield of potholes. Things are getting better with a new way of fixing them.
Beginning on Sunday, December 11, 2016, the northern portion of Hawthorne Street between Rim Road and Schuster Avenue will be closed to through traffic in both directions as contractors prepare to start Phase II of UTEP’s Hawthorne Street Pedestrian-Bike Enhancement Project.
The initial site chosen by the city calls for the destruction of historic buildings and the relocation of families who have lived in the area for generations.
If your commute requires you to negotiate your way through the area in front of the convention center, you'll have to take one of these alternate routes for the next several weeks.