0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 2
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL
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0003|     SESSION, 1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                           JOHN PINTO
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO
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0013|     CONSTRUCT AN INTERCHANGE AT THE CHURCHROCK INDUSTRIAL PARK AND
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0014|     RED ROCK STATE PARK IN MCKINLEY COUNTY.
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0015|     
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0016|       WHEREAS, the Churchrock industrial park and Red Rock state
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0017|     park are not directly accessible from interstate 40; and
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0018|       WHEREAS, the lack of access inhibits the industrial park's
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0019|     and state park's abilities to generate income; and
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0020|       WHEREAS, many Navajo communities are rendered less
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0021|     accessible due to lack of access to the interstate at this
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0022|     point; and
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0023|       WHEREAS, congestion in the area due to inadequate access to
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0024|     the interstate causes a major safety problem; and
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0025|       WHEREAS, a new arena planned for the state park and
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0001|     economic development plans for the industrial park make a new
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0002|     interchange absolutely necessary;
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0003|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0004|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state highway and transportation
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0005|     department make a new interchange at Churchrock industrial park
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0006|     and Red Rock state park and interstate 40 in McKinley county a
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0007|     priority for the state's five-year plan and that all steps
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0008|     necessary to construct the interchange be undertaken; and
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0009|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0010|     transmitted to the secretary of highway and transportation.
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