BLM approves three rights-of-way in Lincoln County
The BLM Caliente Field Office approved three Lincoln County rights-of-way involving an Alamo access road, fiber near Ursine and power for a communication site north of Hiko.
The Bureau of Land Management's Caliente Field Office announced August 25 that it had approved three right-of-way grants in Lincoln County involving access and communications infrastructure.
What the decisions cover
- Near Alamo: a right-of-way for an existing terminal access road to private property.
- Near Ursine: a new buried fiber-optic line on 0.92 acres of public land to serve an existing communication site.
- North of Hiko: a power-distribution line serving an existing communication site.
BLM says the Hiko-area communication site provides cellular coverage along a remote section of highway between Hiko and Lund and that the power line is intended to support more reliable service for travelers.
The agency's White River project record identifies the applicant as Lincoln County Power District No. 1 and describes a 14.4-kilovolt line running about 7.6 miles from existing infrastructure to the existing communication tower. According to that record, the line would be partly overhead and partly buried, parallel an existing buried fiber line, and make no above-ground alteration inside the monument because activity there would remain within an existing right-of-way.
These records document agency approvals, not completed construction. Neither the announcement nor the checked White River project page provides a construction schedule, completion date or guarantee of future cellular performance. The BLM release links to the individual project records for additional documents and updates.