0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 44
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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| J. "ANDY" KISSNER
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THE STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THE
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0012| CITY OF LAS CRUCES, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
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0013| TRANSPORTATION AND THE NEW MEXICO CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO
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0014| COOPERATE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN FUNDS FOR
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0015| AND COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN MILES OF
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0016| IMPROVEMENTS TO UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 70 IN DONA ANA COUNTY.
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0018| WHEREAS, the city of Las Cruces and its suburbs, as well
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0019| as nearby communities, have grown tremendously in recent years,
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0020| increasing the city's population by thirty-seven and eight-
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0021| tenths percent and the county's by forty and six-tenths percent
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0022| during the 1980s; and
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0023| WHEREAS, the highest growth rate in the area is occuring
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0024| in the census tracts immediately adjacent to United States
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0025| highway 70;
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0001| WHEREAS, United States highway 70 is a major feeder route
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0002| connecting Las Cruces with White Sands Missile Range,
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0003| Alamogordo and Ruidoso on the east and those locations with
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0004| Deming, Lordsburg and Tucson on the west; and
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0005| WHEREAS, the number of vehicle trips per day through the
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0006| interstate 25 and United States highway 70 interchange has
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0007| increased by about twenty-five percent over the past five years
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0008| and has the highest traffic count of any highway in the city;
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0009| and
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0010| WHEREAS, job centers crucial to the economy of Las Cruces
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0011| and the state such as White Sands Missile Range and Johnson
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0012| Space Center are dependent on United States highway 70 for
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0013| transportation access, as are public schools and industrial and
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0014| commercial facilities in the area; and
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0015| WHEREAS, the accident rate along that segment of highway
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0016| is unacceptably high, resulting in citizen complaints and
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0017| demands for improvements; and
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0018| WHEREAS, a state study of the highway corridor completed
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0019| in the late 1980s recommends reconstruction of United States
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0020| highway 70 to provide for controlled access and to increase its
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0021| capacity; and
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0022| WHEREAS, such improvements will provide for safety and
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0023| ensured economic development and expansion of space-related
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0024| facilities;
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0025| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0001| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state highway and transportation
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0002| department, the United States department of transportation and
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0003| the New Mexico congressional delegation be requested to
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0004| cooperate to the fullest extent possible to obtain adequate
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0005| funds for the completion of construction of improvements to
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0006| approximately 14 miles of United States highway 70 in Dona Ana
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0007| county; and
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0008| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state highway and
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0009| transportation department focus its right-of-way acquisitions
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0010| and initial construction on the fourteen miles of roadway in
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0011| Dona Ana county between interstate 25 and the community of
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0012| Organ; and
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0013| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0014| transmitted to the secretary of highway and transportation, the
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0015| secretary of the United States department of transportation,
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0016| the City of Las Cruces and the New Mexico congressional
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0017| delegation.
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0018| State of New Mexico
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0019| House of Representatives
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0021| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0022| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0025| February 18, 1997
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0003| Mr. Speaker:
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0005| Your TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0006| referred
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0008| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 44
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0010| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0011| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0013| Respectfully submitted,
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0019| Daniel P. Silva, Chairman
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0022| Adopted Not Adopted
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0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0001| Date
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0003| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0004| Yes: 7
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0005| Excused: Larranaga, W.C. Williams
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0006| Absent: Olguin, Watchman, Whitaker
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0011| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0012| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0015| March 10, 1997
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0017| Mr. President:
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0019| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
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0020| whom has been referred
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0022| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 44
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0024| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0025| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0002| Respectfully submitted,
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0007| __________________________________
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0008| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman
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0012| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0013| Adopted_______________________
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0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0018| Date ________________________
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0021| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0022| Yes: 6
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0023| No: 0
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0024| Excused: Fidel, Kidd, McKibben, Robinson
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0025| Absent: None
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