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HOUSE MEMORIAL 105

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Eric A. Youngberg

A MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO STUDY THE NEED

FOR ADDITIONAL RIO GRANDE CROSSINGS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC

IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METROPOLITAN AREA.

WHEREAS, the Albuquerque metropolitan area has experienced

a large amount of residential growth on the west side of the

Rio Grande; and

WHEREAS, efforts to attract economic development to the

Albuquerque area have resulted in new job opportunities on the

west side of the Rio Grande, but the majority of jobs and

activity centers in the city currently remain on the east side

of the Rio Grande; and

WHEREAS, the growth in both residential and economic

development sectors on the west side indicates an increase in

the amount of motor vehicle traffic moving in both directions

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across the Rio Grande; and

WHEREAS, current efforts to provide alternatives to

individual motor vehicle traffic, such as buses, light rail and

bicycle lanes, do not necessarily reduce the traffic crossing

the Rio Grande; and

WHEREAS, the four main traffic routes across the Rio

Grande, Alameda boulevard, Paseo del Norte, Montano boulevard

and interstate 40, are not adequate to move efficiently the

increased traffic traveling back and forth across the Rio

Grande; and

WHEREAS, the concept of developing additional traffic

crossings over the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque metropolitan

area involves issues of location, economics, environmental

impact and aesthetics;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department

of transportation be requested to study the need for and the

feasibility of additional motor vehicle traffic crossings over

the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque metropolitan area; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department of

transportation report its findings and conclusions to the

appropriate interim legislative committee by November 15, 2007;

and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be

transmitted to the secretary of transportation.