Billy the Kid Trail National Scenic ByWay

Here’s your wake up call for today.
The US DOT, Federal Highway Administration, lists 150 Scenic ByWays in the United States. New Mexico is proud to contain 8 of them. Alphabetically, the Billy the Kid Trail Scenic Byway is first on the state list and definitely first in our hearts and minds here in Lincoln County.

On the US DOT website you will find 91 pictures posted that were taken on or near our Scenic Byway. Roper Construction thinks they have the makings of another scenic picture with their proposed Concrete Batch Plant near the intersection of Highways NM 48 and NM 220. It will look a lot like the Roper Construction Concrete Batch Plant just outside Carrizozo. While it is true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder only one person, Ryan Roper, can find any beauty in this:

Please join us in opposing this unnatural intrusion into the natural beauty of this area.