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Article: DAMAGED ACEQUIA PUTS FLAWED SYSTEM IN SPOTLIGHT.(Local News)
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- The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2009
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Byline: STACI MATLOCK
The city might need to strengthen its archaeological ordinance and its platting process if it's serious about protecting cultural resources, according to a local neighborhood association, a prospective homeowner and members of the city's Archaeological Review Committee.
When the builder of a 16-lot subdivision (Casas de Cipriano) off Paseo de la Conquistadora bulldozed one of the last home lots last summer to begin construction, he was red-tagged for possibly destroying a section of the historic Acequia de las Joyas. The builder claimed he had only bulldozed into an easement designed to protect the ditch, but had not harmed the ...