0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 3
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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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0010|     
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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|     WIDEN UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 666 BETWEEN YAH-TA-HEY AND SHIPROCK.
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0015| WHEREAS, United States highway 666 is the only major
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0016|     highway running north and south on the Navajo reservation in New
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0017|     Mexico; and
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0018|       WHEREAS, this highway connects Gallup with Farmington and
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0019|     with Shiprock, the largest Navajo community in New Mexico, as
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0020|     well as connecting the Navajo nation's capitol with Shiprock and
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0021|     Farmington; and
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0022|       WHEREAS, United States highway 666 is very congested and
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0023|     many accidents occur on this route;
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0024|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0025|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state highway and transportation
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0001|     department be asked to cooperate with the United States
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0002|     department of transportation and the Navajo division of
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0003|     transportation and community development to widen United States
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0004|     highway 666 from two lanes to four lanes between Yah-Ta-Hey and
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0005|     Shiprock in McKinley and San Juan counties; and
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0006|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0007|     transmitted to the secretary of highway and transportation, the
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0008|     secretary of the United States department of transportation and
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0009|     the director of the Navajo division of transportation and
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0010|     community development.
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