0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 28
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                              JOHN PINTO
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0009|     
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO
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0012|     STUDY WIDENING UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 666 FROM YAH-TA-HEY TO
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0013|     FOUR LANES.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, United States highway 666 connects Gallup and
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0016|     Shiprock, New Mexico; and 
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0017|          WHEREAS, between Yah-Ta-Hey and Shiprock, United States
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0018|     highway 666 has only one northbound lane and one southbound
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0019|     lane; and 
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0020|          WHEREAS, United States highway 666 is heavily traveled by
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0021|     members of the Navajo nation and other state residents; and 
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0022|          WHEREAS, the commercial interstate truck traffic is
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0023|     especially heavy on United States highway 666; and 
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0024|          WHEREAS, many vehicle collisions occur on this stretch of
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0025|     highway, including a high number of head-on collisions, and
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0001|     many collisions from vehicles merging into traffic or
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0002|     attempting to cross the highway; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, many pedestrian injuries occur because vehicles
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0004|     are traveling at high rates of speed; and 
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0005|          WHEREAS, a divided four-lane highway will cut down
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0006|     dramatically on the number of deaths, injuries and collisions
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0007|     occurring on this stretch of road;
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0008|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0009|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state highway and transportation
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0010|     department be requested to study the feasibility of and need
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0011|     for widening United States highway 666 between Yah-Ta-Hey and
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0012|     Shiprock to four lanes; and 
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0013|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0014|     transmitted to the secretary of highway and transportation.
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