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This week’s answer provided by Laurence Olivier

Dear Action Line: Here’s a question I see debated online: When a driver is eastbound on College Drive immediately upon turning from Camino del Rio and takes a left into the Wells Fargo B...

DATE: Apr 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Troubled 32nd Street gets detention, rehabilitation

Dear Action Line: Hello. Appreciate your column very much. There are two projects on 32nd Street east of Main Avenue. First seems to be drainage work just before Holly Avenue on the sout...

DATE: Apr 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Clearing up confusion over Durango’s ADA spaces

Dear Action Line: Our neighbors have a handicapped placard, as one is mobility challenged. The wife was advised she could park in any metered spot without charge, and in any handicapped ...

DATE: Mar 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

A crash course on airing your Malfunction Junction views

Dear Action Line: I don’t quite know where to turn with my concern about the potential for left-hand turns from East Third Avenue onto 14th Street. Another “feasibility” study? For $78,0...

DATE: Mar 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

A timely question about time (and temperature)

Dear Action Line: Why is the time on the sign at the old Racket Ball Club one hour ahead? Also the temp on the clock down there by Sonic is always 10 degrees higher than at the Racket Ba...

DATE: Mar 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Catching up on local trail talk

Dear Action Line: Where the heck have you been? Do we need to start looking for a new Action Line? Did you just run out of things to say that (you think) are witty? – A.L. Dear A.L.: Lo...

DATE: Mar 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Do hikers and bicyclists need to be separated?

Dear Action Line: It’s no secret that Durango is the gateway to an incredible plethora of trails. DurangoTrails.org proudly shares that there are over 300 trails within 30 minutes of dow...

DATE: Feb 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Why no flights from DRO to ABQ?

Dear Action Line: There is a small, twin-engine jet airline operating between Cortez and Denver. Why can’t such a commuter airline be found to offer Durangoans service to Albuquerque? I ...

DATE: Feb 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

‘Postal Way’ needs a good fixing, by someone

Dear Action Line: The worst paved street in Durango is the drive-through to deposit mail in the outdoor mailbox at the downtown post office. The street has no name but it runs parallel t...

DATE: Jan 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Soon-to-be-public easement gets a washing

Dear Action Line: While walking the Animas River Trail recently, we noticed that there are some serious problems with the stairs/path (built with GOCO funds?) connecting the trail to the...

DATE: Jan 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

At red light, is it wrong to not go right?

Dear Action Line: Is a vehicle obligated to make a right turn on red, just because it is permitted in Colorado? I don’t like to turn right on red, especially when the car behind me is la...

DATE: Jan 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Simply, this pedestrian crossing got complicated

Dear Action Line: I took my life in my own hands and crossed north Main, west to east, at 32nd Street this morning. I survived to the other side and noticed this push button for crossing...

DATE: Jan 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line