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HOUSE MEMORIAL 35

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Patricia A. Lundstrom

A MEMORIAL

REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THE STATE'S CURRENT AND FUTURE

TRANSPORTATION NEEDS TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE FUNDING STRATEGIES

FOR A SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

WHEREAS, the department of transportation has experienced

increased construction costs attributed to inflation of

materials, including fuel, steel, concrete, asphalt and

petroleum products that are used in highway projects; and

WHEREAS, inflation of these same material costs affect the

ongoing maintenance efforts for the highway infrastructure; and

WHEREAS, an additional three thousand new lane miles of

highway have been added to the state highway system in the last

two years; and

WHEREAS, the citizens of the state are increasingly

dependent on alternative modes of public transportation; and

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WHEREAS, federal funding for federal aid construction

projects is significantly less than anticipated; and

WHEREAS, the state road fund revenue is not growing at a

rate comparable to the cost of inflation;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the secretary

of transportation be requested to appoint a technical committee

whose members shall include representatives of the department

of transportation, New Mexico division of the federal highway

administration, associated contractors of New Mexico, American

council of engineering companies of New Mexico, New Mexico

passenger transportation association, regional planning

organizations, municipal planning organizations and other

transportation and aviation associations; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the technical committee be

requested to develop data and information regarding influences

on the future outlook of transportation in New Mexico and

alternative funding strategies to be available for use by

decision-makers to aid in addressing sustainable transportation

systems for New Mexico; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the results of this study be

submitted to the governor and the legislature no later than

January 15, 2008; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the governor, the secretary of transportation

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and the members of New Mexico's congressional delegation.

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