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SENATE MEMORIAL 1
48
TH
LEGISLATURE
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
, 2008
INTRODUCED BY
David Ulibarri
A MEMORIAL
REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS TO
CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF NAVAJO ROUTE
55 AND TO SCHEDULE THE IMPROVEMENT OF NAVAJO ROUTE 55 TO
INTERSTATE 40 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WHEREAS, reliable access to the Alamo chapter of the
Navajo Nation from Albuquerque may now be accomplished only
through an approximately one-hundred-twenty-five-mile drive
through Socorro and Magdalena via interstate 25, United States
route 60 and New Mexico route 169; and
WHEREAS, access north of the Alamo chapter of the Navajo
Nation via Navajo route 55 is difficult under the best
conditions and all but impossible during inclement weather; and
WHEREAS, reliable road access from the Alamo chapter of
the Navajo Nation north to New Mexico route 6 and interstate 40
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will benefit the health, safety and welfare of residents of the
Alamo chapter and other portions of Socorro and Valencia
counties by drastically reducing the travel times for medical
and other emergency services available in Albuquerque; and
WHEREAS, in a time of rapidly increasing gas and diesel
fuel prices, reliable road access from the Alamo chapter of the
Navajo Nation north to New Mexico route 6 and interstate 40
will dramatically reduce the expense of travel from the Alamo
chapter to Albuquerque and points west via interstate 25; and
WHEREAS, reliable road access from the Alamo chapter of
the Navajo Nation north to New Mexico route 6 and interstate 40
will help to open up large areas of Socorro and Valencia
counties to economic development;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
OF NEW MEXICO that the United States bureau of Indian affairs
be requested to conduct a feasibility study for the improvement
of Navajo route 55 from the chapter house of the Alamo chapter
of the Navajo Nation north to New Mexico route 6 and interstate
40 and to schedule the improvement of Navajo route 55 from the
chapter house of the Alamo chapter of the Navajo Nation north
to New Mexico route 6 and interstate 40 at the earliest
possible opportunity; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
transmitted to the regional director of the Navajo regional
office of the bureau of Indian affairs, United States Senator
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Pete V. Domenici, United States Senator Jeff Bingaman, United
States Representative Steve Pearce, the president of the Navajo
Nation, the speaker of the Navajo Nation council, the
chairperson of the transportation and community development
committee of the Navajo Nation council, the New Mexico
secretary of transportation and the chairpersons of the Socorro
county commission and the Valencia county commission.
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