{"id":472464,"date":"2026-10-21T08:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472464\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T08:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:16:09","slug":"ribbon-cutting-set-for-thursday-as-pellicano-drive-widening-reaches-first-phase-finish-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472464\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon cutting set for Thursday as Pellicano Drive widening reaches first-phase finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso County will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday to mark the completion of the first phase of the Pellicano Drive widening project.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Oct. 22 at 12751 Pellicano Drive, at Sunbelt Rentals.<\/p>\n<p>The three-mile project extends from Loop 375 to Darrington Road and includes six lanes, raised medians and bike lanes. <\/p>\n<p>The county said the work also included clearing overgrown vegetation, replacing traffic-control devices and beginning construction of a detention pond near a school to improve drainage and safety.<\/p>\n<p>The Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority managed construction and oversaw the project\u2019s design. <\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/overnight-full-closure-set-for-pellicano-drive-as-crews-complete-final-traffic-shift?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Overnight full closure set for Pellicano Drive as crews complete final traffic shift<\/a><\/p>\n<p>El Paso County also credited HAWK Construction and nearby residents for their work and patience during the project.<\/p>\n<p>The county said the ceremony will recognize the partners involved in the project and its importance to the surrounding community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up <\/a>to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso County will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday to mark the completion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-472464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}