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F I S C A L   I M P A C T   R E P O R T

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Begaye

 

DATE TYPED:

02/06/02

 

HB

HJM 95

 

SHORT TITLE:

Hogback Bridge

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Valdes

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

 

 

$8,000.0 to $12,000.0

Non-recurring

State Road Fund

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Relates to HJM 73

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

State Highway and Transportation Department (SHTD)

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

House Joint Memorial 95 requests the State Highway Commission designate the proposed Hogback Bridge project over the San Juan River, connecting the San Juan Chapter Community of the Navajo Nation to Unites States Highway 64 (US 64) at Hogback a top priority.

 

     Significant Issues

 

An initial corridor study report for this project was completed in August 1999 in a cooperative effort between SHTD, San Juan County, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Navajo Nation.  The study identified several possible alignments with estimated costs ranging from $8 to $12 million depending on the alternate chosen.  The project is not presently in the department’s Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The department is experiencing budget constraints with state road fund revenue projections flat and large declines expected in federal revenues, based on the proposed federal budget for fiscal year

 

2003 released by President Bush.  Any funding proposed for new projects would require a diversion of an equivalent amount of funding from existing highway projects or new revenue sources would have to be identified.

 

RELATIONSHIP

 

Is similar to House Joint Memorial 73.

 

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

 

Construction of the Hogback bridge would provide improved access for emergency services to the San Juan chapter of the Navajo Nation.  It would also improve access for school transportation services to Kirtland.

 

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