Petition updateProtect Cimarron Canyon: request safe traffic planning for new Alderete middle schoolTraffic study available!

Cimarron Canyon ResidentEl Paso, TX, United States

Jan 13, 2026
Link below has full traffic study FILE and it will also be available on the FB PAGE.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wo5fZAFSvRX8hC-h5OTZQZ5NDHOhwJ40/view?usp=drivesdk
Below is the ammo, pulled directly from their own study. This is not opinion — it’s their data.
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🔴 The BIG smoking guns (from the TIA itself)
1. They admit the school creates failing conditions
The study explicitly shows:
• Resler @ Cimarron Canyon
• Drops from LOS A → LOS C (2027)
• Then deteriorates further to LOS E by 2032
• That means noticeable congestion escalating to severe delay
This intersection is the gateway to your neighborhood.
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2. The school driveway FAILS at opening day
This is the most damning piece:
• Resler Drive at Driveway B (school exit only)
• LOS F in the AM peak hour in 2027
• LOS F again in 2032
• 208–256 seconds of delay (over 3–4 minutes per vehicle)
That is officially classified as over capacity — cars stuck through multiple cycles.
And remember: Driveway B is dumping traffic directly onto Resler, which feeds Cimarron Canyon
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3. They rely on future signals that don’t exist yet
Their own “fix” is:
• New traffic signal at Resler & Cimarron Canyon — by 2032
• New traffic signal at Resler & Driveway B — by 2027
Two problems:
1. Those signals are not built
2. They explicitly say the school is NOT paying full cost
Translation:
“Yes it breaks traffic, but we’ll probably fix it later if funding appears.”
That is not mitigation. That’s a hope and a prayer.
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4. Emergency access is treated like an afterthought
The study notes:
• Two “emergency-only” accesses through existing residential streets
• No traffic modeling for:
• Emergency response delays
• Blocked primary entrance scenarios
• Peak-hour evacuation or incident failure
They never analyze single-point-of-failure risk — even though your neighborhood has one way in and out.
That omission matters.
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5. Peak school traffic is real — and overlaps your life
They confirm:
• AM peak = 7:15–8:15 AM
That’s:
• School drop-off
• Resident commuters
• Emergency services
• Buses + parents + neighborhood traffic all at once
And they still allow LOS E/F conditions.
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🔑 What this means (plain English)
• The study confirms traffic failure, not speculation
• The failure occurs at the only neighborhood entrance
• The worst conditions happen during morning school hours
• The fixes are future, unfunded, and not guaranteed
• Emergency access risk is not properly analyzed
This is not “traffic will be fine.”
This is “traffic will degrade to unacceptable levels, and we know it.”
• “The district’s own traffic study shows LOS E and LOS F failures at our neighborhood entrance.”
• “No other CISD middle school is sited at a single ingress/egress for an established neighborhood.”
• “Mitigation relies on future signals that are not funded or constructed.”
• “Emergency access during peak hours was not analyzed despite acknowledged congestion.”
Those are not emotional arguments. Those are engineering facts.
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