0001|                          HOUSE MEMORIAL 19
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                       JUDY VANDERSTAR RUSSELL
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0007|     
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0009|     
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THAT THE STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
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0012|     RECOGNIZE THE URGENT NEED FOR WIDENING STATE ROAD 528 IN RIO
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0013|     RANCHO AND THAT FUNDING BE DIRECTED FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION
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0014|     PURPOSE.
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0015|     
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0016|          WHEREAS, traffic on New Mexico road 528 has increased to
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0017|     an alarming volume due to the population growth in the city;
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0018|     and
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0019|          WHEREAS, the recent expansion of Intel corporation as well
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0020|     as the opening of Cottonwood mall have added considerably to
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0021|     the traffic on state road 528; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, the roadway traffic currently exceeds forty-five
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0023|     thousand vehicle trips per day; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, preliminary studies indicate that this degree of
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0025|     traffic qualifies for six-lane standards; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, a corridor and environmental study for state road
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0002|     528 is underway, which will justify the need for improvements;
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0003|     and
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0004|          WHEREAS, the proposed widening project of state road 528
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0005|     is not in the state highway and transportation department's
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0006|     four-year plan;
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0007|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0008|     OF NEW MEXICO that the state highway and transportation
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0009|     department consider the urgency of the need to widen state road
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0010|     528 to six lanes from Southern boulevard to Coors bypass; and
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0011|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state highway and
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0012|     transportation department include this project as a high
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0013|     priority in its budget planning; and
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0014|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0015|     transmitted to the secretary of highway and transportation and
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0016|     the city administrator of Rio Rancho.
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0017|                                  
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0018|                            State of New Mexico
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0019|                      House of Representatives
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0020|   
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0021|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0022|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0023|   
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0024|   
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0025|                                                  March 18, 1997
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0003|   Mr. Speaker:
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0004|   
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0005|        Your TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0006|   referred
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0007|   
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0008|                      HOUSE MEMORIAL 19
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0009|                               
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0010|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0011|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0012|   
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0013|        1.   On page 2, line 6, strike "SENATE" and insert in lieu
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0014|   thereof "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES".
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0015|   
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0016|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0022|                                                               Daniel P. Silva, Chairman
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0025|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0002|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0004|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0006|   The roll call vote was<u> 8 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0007|   Yes:      8
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0008|             Excused:  Gentry, Parsons, Silva, Whitaker
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0009|             Absent:   Watchman
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