Enhanced SECON-3 retains vehicular controls along the Pajarito Road corridor, limiting the roadway to badge-holders only. One badge holder per vehicle will be required and that badge holder will be responsible for any other passengers in the vehicle.
To lessen the possibility of traffic tie-ups, Laboratory personnel and area motorists are encouraged to seek alternative routes unless they have a specific need to enter the Pajarito Road corridor.
"Under this enhanced security condition we're expanding the distance between unchecked vehicular traffic along Pajarito Road and our mission-critical facilities located along the corridor," said Acting Safeguards and Security Division leader Scott Gibbs. "This does not add to the number of vehicular checkpoints overall, but does pull them out farther away from the critical facilities. Should there be some kind of action against those facilities, the distance gives our security force more time to react and respond."
The badge-holder only restriction along the Pajarito corridor will remain in effect until further notice.
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Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.