A MEMORIAL

REQUESTING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC TO MEET AND COOPERATE TO COMPLETE THE TAJIQUE-TO-TORREON LOOP ROAD.

WHEREAS, about ten thousand campers use the fourth of July campground and another six thousand use the nearby Inlow youth camp in Torrance county; and

WHEREAS, the road leading from the community of Tajique to the fourth of July campground is a gravel and dirt road, with only half of it being suitable for passenger vehicles; and

WHEREAS, there exists in New Mexico's forest lands a constant fire danger, which threatens the lives and personal property of many who use the forests; and

WHEREAS, upgrading the road from Tajique to the fourth of July campground to a two-lane graveled road, suitable throughout its length for passenger vehicles, and continuing the road as a single-lane graveled road from the campground to Torreon would improve access to and emergency egress from the area; and

WHEREAS, numerous governmental entities, elected officials and members of the public have expressed support for upgrading the existing road and completing a Tajique-to-Torreon loop;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the Torrance county commissioners, United States Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman, United States Representative Heather Wilson, representatives of the Cibola national forest, appropriate state legislators and representatives of interested businesses, groups and members of the public be invited to meet to cooperate on finding methods to upgrade the road from Tajique to the fourth of July campground and to complete the road to Torreon to result in a Tajique-to-Torreon loop; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the governmental agencies, elected officials and individuals who have expressed an interest in this project.