The City of Lamesa plans to vacate a dedicated alleyway, which never was developed, to allow construction on the Lamesa High School campus. The first reading of an ordinance to permanently close and abandon the alleyway was approved by the Lamesa City Council this past Tuesday at the request of Lamesa ISD. City Manager Shawna D. Burkhart said the “paper street, which probably was intended as an alleyway” runs right through the middle of the high school’s current practice field. Council member Doug Morris, who is the assistant principal at LHS, said that location is where the school district plans to construct its ...